tiny rusty colored live things

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  1. jline

    jline Astrea Snail

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    What are they? About the size of the tip of an ink pen. Square shaped. They are on everything. Will they harm my coral? Does anything eat them? :worried:
     
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  3. Birdlady

    Birdlady Finback Whale

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    Do they look like the pics in this thread? Could be flatworms...tough to tell from your description tho :)
     
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  4. jline

    jline Astrea Snail

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    Thats the critter alright. Are they harmfull? Does anything eat them?
     
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    They can 'smother' some corals. I have them too, but not as bad as I used to. Turn up the flow. They don't like high current. Some wrasses are said to have. My six line doesn't. I can't remember which one they recommended. I think it's yellow. I'll have to look it up.
     
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    There are some Potential Piscid Flatworm Predators The Green, Picturesque,Target, and Psychedelic Mandarin Dragonet. The Leopard or Guinea Fowl Wrasse. The Yellow-Breasted or twist's Wrasse. The Golden or Canary Wrasse. and the Blueband or sleeper goby. This information is from page 180 of the Natural Marine Aquarium Volume-1

    After I added a Psychedelic Mandarin to my tank my flatworm problem was taken care of in a matter of a month.
     
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  7. jline

    jline Astrea Snail

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    Thank you all for the information. I've always liked the psychedelic mandarin. I tried it before and found out that they liked special food, so I never got any more of them. Now I'll try one again. If he'll eat them, he'll be fat as a tick in no time. He'll be happy and so will I.
    Thanks again. Quality information is greatly appreciated.
     
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