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BaaMNYC

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Can someone identify these flatworms on my torch. How can I treat that? I'm Dipping my torches in coral rx and brushing the base with a tooth brush. Can someone identify it please and best treatment. Thank you
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i had flat worms on my new LPS, didn't ID the species, so I started looking up ultra reef safe wrasses, and found the pink stripe, possum and yellow cories wrasses to be suitable for biological control. While I was searching for fish locally in stores, turns out my dragonettes took care of them, within a few weeks. I have a pair of both spotted dragonettes and scooter blennies with them, not sure which species ate them. (my mandarin pair is in the main display, but I think they will eat them also). The initial problem I had, was the dragonettes would eat all the flatworms off rocks and dirty glass, but they wouldn't go over the LPS head. Well given time, they did.
 

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These seem to be much more prevalent in recent months.

I don't know of a specific cure for them, but a melanurus wrasse is your best defense against random flatworms. They are great reef fish in general.

 

BaaMNYC

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These seem to be much more prevalent in recent months.

I don't know of a specific cure for them, but a melanurus wrasse is your best defense against random flatworms. They are great reef fish in general.

My last melnarus decimated my clean up crew. That's the only concern
 

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