Something small that eats flatworms effectively.

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So I just bought a mushroom from my LFS, and I did my first reef dip. Before my second reef dip, I cut off the frag plug and saw that there were flatworms crawling off and out of the frag plug (2-3). There were two frag plugs stacked on top of each other and some of the worms came from in between them. I freaked out a bit I admit, but I was wearing gloves and carefully removed any visible flatworms and eggs. I did a second dip, making sure to stir the coral in there just like the first time and inspected again. I'm sure there were no flatworms on the mushroom before i put it onto my live rock, but just to be sure I wanted to know of any PICO/NANO species that could take care of pests like this. I have a yellowtail damsel fish in my 5 gallon that's housing this mushroom, so I know it may limit my options. I am willing to rehome my damselfish if it means peace of mind from pests.

Current Stocking: (5 Gallons)
- 1 Yellowtail Damselfish
- 4 Blue legged hermit crabs
- 1 Astraea Turbo Snail
- 1 Nassarius Snail
- GSP Island
- Candy Cane Coral
- Mushroom

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Springeri Damselfish and Dottybacks eat flatworms and are good citizens, but the Damsels may fight with each other.
 

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