Flatworm id?

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So I have these Flatworm in my tank. Don' t recognize them at all
These are the best pictures I can get
Reddish brown with what appears to be two or 4 white dots on the back. Appears to eat cyano..

Any ideas?

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The white dots... are they all marked the same? Or are they all different? The white dots could be pods sitting on top. The look like regular red planaria flatworms to me, but yea, the pics aren't very clear. And if they are eating cyano, let them feast! I am guessing your tank is fairly new? When I had flatworms in my tank, they just kind of cycled out, I did not try to treat them, only wiped them off the glass every few days, but I had to wipe the glass anyway because my tank was new... It took about 10 weeks I'd say, but I never measured it on a calendar.
 
The dots are very clearly a part of the flatworm. Tank is about 5 months old. The ones with dots are almost a purple they are so dark. I have a few regular brown flatworm. These are different.
 

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