Refugium Pests
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SierraReefer
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Thanks for the info. The good news is that they are only in my refugium. It's just a hang on the back should I tear it apart and clean them all out? Buy a six line wrasse and put it in there? What's my best option of keeping them from getting to the main tank?
SierraReefer
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I have a mandarin. If I put him in there will he eat them?
to be more specific on the type of flatworm. You have Red Planaria Flatworms.
http://www.melevsreef.com/node/651 describes how to get rid of them.
What wrasse will take care of them? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1891040
http://www.melevsreef.com/node/651 describes how to get rid of them.
What wrasse will take care of them? http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1891040
Diamond Jack
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I'd tear it down asap and feel blessed they didn't make it to the display.
SeaMonkee
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This is a good read, saving for future issues.
RonMidtownStomp
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Is everyone sure they aren't just being eaten by the fish when they make it to the display tank?
If I recall, the melanurus wrasse eats them. I had the flatworms in my 280 before I broke it down and had two melanurus wrasse's. I never saw any in my DT.
Saltwaternooby
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Yep red planaria as said above. Current fish probably eating them in the main tank.
I been living with them in my tank for years.
I notice they don't go onto sps or zoa but they do like to sit on my elegants lps.
Mostly harmless
If you want blow them off and siphoned out. Chem work but then your dealing with spike unless you get most of them.
For me number seem to grow and decline
fish will take care of small numbers
I notice they don't go onto sps or zoa but they do like to sit on my elegants lps.
Mostly harmless
If you want blow them off and siphoned out. Chem work but then your dealing with spike unless you get most of them.
For me number seem to grow and decline
fish will take care of small numbers
RonMidtownStomp
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I had about a million in my old system and then eventually they all went away/got eaten.
If they become a nuisance, a blue velvet nudibranch is a true natural predator. Wrasse can be hit or miss. If it gets to that point and if you're interested I'll go half on one (if we can find/order them locally). I don't have a flatworm problem, but I've noticed some suspicious worms in my tank. My melanurus wrasse doesn't seem interested. The nudibranch would be insurance. Or if anyone else has a velvet nudibranch I'd be interested.
SierraReefer
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Thanks for all the help. I purchased a six line wrasse and put him in the hang on the back refugium. I have a filter pad where the water passes back into the tank so none would have been able to make it into the main tank. Strange thing is a couple of days later I see the wrasse swimming around in the main tank!. There is absolutely no way for him to enter my main tank except to jump out the top of the refugium and into the tank. This is possible as my hood is open in the back. I removed many of the flatworms by hand but I think I will tear down the refugium and get them all out of there. All I have in there is cheato. With a six line and an mandarin in the main tank I don't think I will be worrying much about pests in there. I am however worried that there will not be enough copepods to support both. I buy them regularly as this is only a 29 gal. tank.
RonMidtownStomp
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I thought the whole point of a fuge was to let stuff like this grow and provide free food for the fish?
