found a flat worm eating fish

[gflat65]

I've heard of it, but have heard more of spotted. I've always had luck with manadarin, and this is my first spotted, so I've had to say that the greens (psychadelics) were munching on things other than food in my first tank (40H). no direct and documentable (did I just make up another work )? experiences, though.

 

[TitansFan]

I got a psychadelic mandrin hoping he would munch the flatworms. He doesn't touch them.

 

[SRT80]

I've got a green Mandarin that eats FW. But it also eats frozen mysis and brine shrimp too. So thats good...

Steve

 

[Reef_bones]

I looked for a canary wrasse and didn;t see one so I went with a sixline wrasse. They are pretty little guys...

 

[luckyfish]

I saw a six line at The Critter today but I held off getting it. Looking at my tank, about 1,000 flat worms are happpy I did. I may bite the bullet and get him this week. Let me know how yours does.

 

[Angela Short]

Any LFS can order you a yellow coris wrass. Have been told they eat them real well but all fish are a chance. I have had 2 green mandarins that ate FW's and the one in the 270 hasn't been caught in the act but none have never shown up there so I know they can do it. Coris wrasses are pretty cheap also and be warned the 6 lines have a bad rap for turning real mean as they get older, mine did. Many people have had trouble with them but I couldn't imagin a yellow tail being much milder mannered! I do like the yellow tailed damsels though, very pretty.

 

[luckyfish]

Thanks Angela. It's a pretty consistent report I get that the six lines become aggressive over time. I have the same reaction to the yellow tail damsel as you, very eye catching and I'd like a little blue in my tank but again, the aggression. It looks like from my reading that the yellow coris wrass get bigger than I would like in my tank. But somethings got to give, I'm getting fed up with looking at my tank and seeing it as a playground for flat worms.

 

[SRT80]

Last time I was AC they had a yellow coris. I'll let you know if it's still there when I go tomorrow. They yellow wrasse is only suppose to get around 5" right? And you have a 90? I've heard they could be shrimp eaters?

Steve

 

[pitbullpooch]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9623952#post9623952 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Angela Short
be warned the 6 lines have a bad rap for turning real mean as they get older, mine did. Many people have had trouble with them but I couldn't imagin a yellow tail being much milder mannered! I do like the yellow tailed damsels though, very pretty.

from my experience id say the six lines are alot more agressive then the yellow tails. any percula clown ive ever had have always been more of a problem to me in my nanos then the yellow tails ever have so if you keep clowns and they dont bother your other fish id say your fine with the yellow tail. I think alot of people judge the yellow tails as being so agressive because of other damsels being so bad but the yellow tail is the least agressive out of all the damsels and thats why alot of people keep them in there nanos with other smaller fish with no problems but now that i say this ill probably have mine kill all my fish :lol: thats just my luck.

 

[Angela Short]

I think any wrass has the ability to have a taste for shrimp. Just a chance you have to take if you wanted one. I would bet a big guy like a skunk or Coral banded would be pretty safe but the smaller pepermints would be easy picking.

I saw the yellow coris at AC last week. It was in the tank with a tri color fairy wrass my freind got which is a beautiful fish BTW. They had alot of real nice fairy wrasses in stock that day. They also had a real nice red coris but I was told he was definetly not reef safe.

I would love to have some mini Dories, the yellow tail damsels look kinda like that to me in a way. They couldn't be no meaner than my PBTang.

 

[pitbullpooch]

angela, yellow tail damsels will school in large aquariums like yours so that might look cool in your tank. I seen a tank in the large reef forum a while back that had a school of them. I did a search after i seen this becuase i was thinking of having a school of them when we get our larger tank and i found that they are reported to school in larger tanks so that might be something you could try if you wanted them in your big tank. heres one of the sites that i found that claim this, its in the 2nd paragraph. http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/saltwater_fish/swf2087.html