Red bugs now what?

[snowmansnow]

How do I get rid of these things?

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[snowmansnow]

Ten bugs or flat worms?
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[itsamyheff]

looks like flat worms to me. six line wrasse. They have a flat worm exit I believe. Never used it.

 

[mockery]

Not red bugs

 

[ralph atl]

Melanarus Wrasse...pretty fish and will eat them all. Peacefull, too!

 

[snowmansnow]

Here is a better pic. Rust colored flat worm I think
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[ralph atl]

Flatworms! Redbugs are easier! Lol!

Wrasse time!

 

[snowmansnow]

6 line or mela wrasse?

 

[ralph atl]

depends on your tank inhabitants ....6 lines aggressive, Mel=peaceful.

 

[mvm]

No 666lines, ever!!!!

 

[thanhreef]

mvm;690655 wrote: no 666lines, ever!!!!

+1

 

[acroholic]

At least they are not AEFWs.

 

[landon]

I'll second the Melanarus Wrasse. They have a ton of personality and fun to watch hunt.

 

[itsamyheff]

I want to trade my Melanarus Wrasse with yours. Mine takes out my cleaning crew. I see him carrying the shells across the tank every day. I pull about 10 empty shells out a week.

 

[KrisDeitz]

Can a Mel be in a 29 bc?

 

[itsamyheff]

60 gallon or larger I believe.

 

[landon]

Yeah, I didn't consider that....

 

[jeffh]

I loved my Melanarus Wrasse...but he was murder on the cleanup crew. When he was little, he was no problem. When he got bigger, he ate snails...all the time. He was peaceful towards the other fish though.

 

[acroholic]

Green wrasses are great of FWs as well.

 

[scubaethan]

MvM;690655 wrote: No 666lines, ever!!!!

haha!

These beauties also eat red flatworms... but then if they die they are toxic.
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I'd try livestock that eats them before the chemicals. I haven't actually heard any horror stories from the chemicals, but I'd just rather leave it as a last resort.

I had an outbreak of red flatworms and never completely got rid of them, but the 6 line wrasse kept them under control so they weren't a nuisance.