Flatworm ID

[dbj180]

I just noticed these little guys on my frogspawn and hammer corals....any idea what they are? Sorry about the photo quality. Just a Android camera lol

 

[Crabs McJones]

Polyclad, remove

 

[KJ]

Convolutriloba sp.
https://www.google.com/search?q=con...ved=0ahUKEwjJ9tbu0KjJAhUB4SYKHbkuARsQ_AUIBygC

 

[reef lover]

How big are they? Im leaning towards polyclads as well.....

 

[dbj180]

The biggest one that I see is about a 1/4"

 

[reef lover]

In that case i withdraw and lean towards Convolutriloba....

 

[dbj180]

No idea what those are so I'll look into on break and get back to you. Thanks for helping. Much appreciated.

 

[reef lover]

Not the best to have but are easily killed. I would dip the corals you see them on and siphon out as many as you can from lr and i would suggest a wrasse before i used flatworm exit.

 

[dbj180]

Not the best to have but are easily killed. I would dip the corals you see them on and siphon out as many as you can from lr and i would suggest a wrasse before i used flatworm exit.

I don't know much about wrasse. What would be my best option without a deep sand bed?

 

[reef lover]

Thats a question better suited for @eatbreakfast or @evolved

 

[eatbreakfast]

I don't know much about wrasse. What would be my best option without a deep sand bed?

Do you have any sand bed? What size tank?

Pink streak and possum wrasses don't bury, do well in small tanks and will eat some coral pests.

Yellow coris, melanurus, or redline wrasse all bury, but don't need a very deep sand bed, and are best suited for a 36" long tank, and are good eaters of coral pests.

 

[dbj180]

Do you have any sand bed? What size tank?

Pink streak and possum wrasses don't bury, do well in small tanks and will eat some coral pests.

Yellow coris, melanurus, or redline wrasse all bury, but don't need a very deep sand bed, and are best suited for a 36" long tank, and are good eaters of coral pests.

I have a 180 gallon and a 1" sand bed. Some spots have less where the sand sifting star moves it around lol

 

[eatbreakfast]

1" will suffice for most sand buryiers.

 

[dbj180]

1" will suffice for most sand buryiers.

That's good to know. Thanks for the help. I thought it needed to be deeper. Now to figure out the best wrasse for the operation. [emoji3]