flatworms

[at]

Will a mandarin dragonet eat flatworms? I had a scooter dragonet for 2 years then he died .I never saw a single flatworm,now he has been gone for about 3 months there are flatworms everywhere. I have a mandarin in a 20 gal. tank that is surviving on live brine shrimp,I would like to put in the big tank but I think the scooter wiped out the tanks population of copepods,that's why I'm wondering if a mandarin will eat flatworfms,since the scooter must have.

[Fatman]

I heard 6 line will not sure on mandarin

[greg97527]

the blue velvet nudibranch eats flatworms exclusively! when the flatworms are gone the nudi will die.

[EQCM2B]

My mandarin will not touch them and so far neither has my sixline. It's all hit or miss I guess.

[at]

Now I have a new 230 gallon and having a problem with a few flatworms, maybe a hudred or so. In the old tank I did put in a six line and he did pretty good there were still some flatworms so he didn't starve to death just disappeared. I would love to put my mandarin in the big tank but don't want to starve her to death. I guess keep the 20 up and running for a couple weeks just in case?


Thanks Andy

[xltom]

From what I'm reading on the subject, the dragonet most likely to eat flatworms is the target mandarin. My psychodelic won't touch them

[graphixx]

best bet is a sixline, much easier than chemical eradication!!!

[AuntKaren]

A copperband butterfly eats flatworms too, I believe. If you would like, do a search on here about flatworms, I have a "horror story" and how it was fixed... I hope yours isn't as rampant as mine was.