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[motoman37]

Not sure what this is but have been seeing them on my glass lately. Anybody know what it is? Sorry for the bad pic they are tiny and hard to get a pic of

 

[JasonK84]

Looks like a flatworm.

 

[Samina]

Possibly some sort of flatworm

 

[Fishy212]

Lol love the pictures. Definitely looks like some sort of flatworm. If there is one... there are many, many more. Did you add any corals or frags recently? Do you inspect and dip the corals?

 

[divewsharks]

Looks like a flatworms; but not the devour your SPS type.

 

[motoman37]

Lol love the pictures. Definitely looks like some sort of flatworm. If there is one... there are many, many more. Did you add any corals or frags recently? Do you inspect and dip the corals?

I dip everything that I bring home. There are many on the glass

 

[motoman37]

Looks like a flatworms; but not the devour your SPS type.

Any idea how to get rid of them?

 

[divewsharks]

While hard to tell from the pics, they don’t appear to be the harmful kind, just the very annoying kind. In low numbers just not pretty, in high numbers can smoother corals.

-You can add a fish that will eat them
-You can siphon out as many as you can during a water change.
-You can then use Flatworm Exit. If you use Flatworm Exit you will need water on hand for a water change and carbon. When they are killed off, they will pollute the tank which in high enough concentrations is toxic to your inhabitants.

So if you are going to use medication, siphon out as many as you can first, follow directions on the doseage and then do another water change and run the carbon (all this will also be in the instructions of the treatment).

 

[stanleo]

I have them. See one on the glass now and then but I have a wrasse that keeps their numbers in check. These are harmless unless they over populate, then are just ugly but can smother corals. If you don't want a wrasse, use a small siphon and take out as many as you can when you see them.

 

[eschaton]

While hard to tell from the pics, they don’t appear to be the harmful kind, just the very annoying kind. In low numbers just not pretty, in high numbers can smoother corals.

They don't even seem to be the annoying kind to me. The annoying kind are reddish-yellow, and that is a clear one.

I'd say it's a totally harmless representation of tank biodiversity.

 

[stanleo]

They don't even seem to be the annoying kind to me. The annoying kind are reddish-yellow, and that is a clear one.

I'd say it's a totally harmless representation of tank biodiversity.

I tend to agree. There would have to be literally millions to make me worry about this guy and I would worry if I had millions of anything in the tank.

 

[motoman37]

While hard to tell from the pics, they don’t appear to be the harmful kind, just the very annoying kind. In low numbers just not pretty, in high numbers can smoother corals.

-You can add a fish that will eat them
-You can siphon out as many as you can during a water change.
-You can then use Flatworm Exit. If you use Flatworm Exit you will need water on hand for a water change and carbon. When they are killed off, they will pollute the tank which in high enough concentrations is toxic to your inhabitants.

So if you are going to use medication, siphon out as many as you can first, follow directions on the doseage and then do another water change and run the carbon (all this will also be in the instructions of the treatment).

Ok thanks for the info

 

[Acan_Fan]

Pod eating flatworms. Harmless. Unless you like having lots of pods!