copepods or flatworms or what?!

[hellenkellerisafake]

 

[jkcoral]

Those are flatworms

 

[Reeflix]

Flatworms

 

[Reeflix]

I believe these are ghost flatworms, you got lucky, they are mostly harmless

 

[hellenkellerisafake]

I believe these are ghost flatworms, you got lucky, they are mostly harmless

how do i get rid of them

 

[Reeflix]

They are harmless but there are plenty of chemicals to kill them. My LFS has had some in a tank for over a year. They are no easy task to kill. You can get a melanarus wrasse and use flatworm exit

 

[hellenkellerisafake]

They are harmless but there are plenty of chemicals to kill them. My LFS has had some in a tank for over a year. They are no easy task to kill. You can get a melanarus wrasse and use flatworm exit

Thank you! i wish i had the tank size for that wrasse

 

[vetteguy53081]

Acoel flatworms also called Ghost flatworms. While they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them

With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny

 

[hellenkellerisafake]

Acoel flatworms also called Ghost flatworms. While they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them

With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny

thank you once again!

 

[I never finish anythi]

Get a sixline

 

[Reeflix]

Thank you! i wish i had the tank size for that wrasse

Six line then, they can be a bit agressive though

 

[APCoralReefs]

flatworm

 

[I never finish anythi]

You might get lucky and get a well behaved six line like me. They ain't all bad . Just most of them