Flat worm eating fish?

[dochoot]

I got worms and I would like to feef a fish with them as part of the treatment. I have read that mandarins will eat them but not as fast as a wrasse. I prefer to get a mandarin (I have a hge pod population as well).

 

[stykthyn]

orchid dottyback

 

[dochoot]

Thanks. That is one I have not heard of. I just bought a pair of Green Mandarin Gobies and I saw one for sure eating them last night. I know wrasses are good but I do not want it to outcompete the Mandarins in the long term. Would I have to worry about that problem with the orchic dottyback?

Thanks

 

[Zman7000]

Orchid dottyback can be aggressive with other fish. I used a six line wrasse and it did a great job and added color to the tank. I don't know how big your tank is but adding one probably wouldn't be a problem.

 

[dochoot]

I have a 300 with a good fuge system. I think a wrasse would make a much bigger impact, but I would like to keep the mandarins long term.

 

[The steven liu]

Our of curious, any dottybacks other than orchid eats flatworms?

 

[stykthyn]

i am sure they would, but I do believe they all share the same attitudes, they are in effect miniature groupers and behave as such. My orchid was pretty tame until feeding time. He would regularly school a 5" clarkii clown.

 

[New2This]

I hope you have a very large amount of LR for to mandrins. They clean your tank out fast if you dont have a food source large enuf to support them. If your sump is loaded with pods that dont get bothered that will go a long way to keeping 2 of them alive and well.

 

[NexDog]

Re: Flat worm eating fish?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7115361#post7115361 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dochoot

Yikes, but you're wrong. You don't have worms in your tank. You have a tank in your worms.

 

[Wolverine]

Any fish you put in are going to have a hard time controlling a population that big. There are many fish that have been said to eat flatworms, but none that will consistently do it. Many people have mandarins (and other dragonettes) that won't touch the things. The Pseudocheilinus, Halichoeres, and Coris wrasses will sometimes do it. I've also heard a few people mention sunrise dottybacks helping out.
But, like I said, none of those are close to guaranteed to do anything about flatworms. Even if you do have some success, in a tank that size you're likely to need to syphon a lot to give the fish a chance.

Dave