after much deliberation .I decided that trying EXIT would be better than adding a fish I didn't particularly care for . Better for the fish and better for me trying to remove it and better as it would have been a gamble anyway. I put in the exit , kept plenty of carbon on hand. My infestation is not the usual type. I have quite a few but not the explosion I have seen in other tanks. I siphoned off as many as possible and put in a fresh filter sock that I changed out every half hour. Die off was very good but could still see them clinging to the glass so upped the dosage another 25%. The next morning there were no visible ill effects on anything else in the tank, I saw no flat worms on any corals but did see a couple clinging to the glass. I waited a week and hit the tank again with a regular dose plus 30%. I have not seen a flat worm after the second treatment. The treatment cost me a little over $35. A sixline would have been a little cheaper and possibly a "natural" solution. But with six wrasses in the tank already it just wasn't worth the gamble.
wow your luck is like mine , the only fish not to make the journey had to be the one fish you needed..just like me and my problems ..hey which fish is the best at eatting those flat worms as i have them now and need to terminate them i have been basting them off and now they are alost all gone but i still find one daily so there are more somewhere..just need a fish that will eat them as they hatch..is there a critter that eats the eggs?
If were up to me and you have the room to add a fish I would try a six line. If you want to go a little more unique on a fish then I would try a Melanarus or better yet a leopard wrasse. The Leopard will need a decent depth sand bed as they will dive into the substrate when spooked. It is a sweet fish and the Melanarus can and probably will suck a snail out of its shell when it gets big. That the biggest reason I used the exit I have reached my limit on Fish. GOOD LUCK
i hear the six line wrasse is aggressive towards others? but that the 4 line isn't and is a champion in the field of aefw lol but the other fish you mentioned i was thinking about also maybe if they will all get along i will buy them all and keep 2 here and one there in the qt tank..how goes your battle ? i have to get moving on my qt tank as i have had a set back with a brown out taking out some of my equipment so need to replace alot of stuff again..man two steps forward 10 steps backwards the story of my life..
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