Yellow Coris

[Denadai]

Hi guys,

I have a problem with flat worms ( planarians ) and I would like to buy a Yellow Coris because I think that this fish can eat the flat worms.

Who have this fish ? This fish realy eat flat worms ?

Also I have a real grama and a mandarim, the Yellow Coris is agressive with this kind of fish ?

Thank´s

Roberto Denadai

[RedEyeReef]

I have a 4" Yellow Coris with pr Royal Gramma and pr Mandarins, with 5 Leopard Wrasses and 3 Social Red Fin Wrasses. My Yellow Coris is by far the biggest fish (besides my 3 tangs) and bother no one. I know they can eat flat worms but that doesn't mean they will. They should, not guarantee.

[Peter Schmiedel]

Hi Robert,

here in Eurpoe we had best results with Thalassoma hardwickii.
See pic here: http://www.korallenriff.de/lexikon/thalassoma_hardwickii.html

[Denadai]

Hi ,

Thank´s for your answer guys.

Peter, I never seen this fish in Brazil, but I´m going to looking for

Any other sugestion ?

Roberto

[-Keith-]

I got a yellow coris to try to control flatworms. I had it for about 2 weeks before it mysteriously dissappeared. It occasionally sampled the flatworm (sometimes picked at them and then spit them out), but didn't really make a dent in the population. It didn't seem to bother anything in the tank (cleaner shrimp, snails, corals).