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Any clue what type of flatworm this is? I noticed them floating in a bucket after transporting some live rock from my old tank. Trying to figure out if it is worthwhile trying to salvage via Flatworm exit, leave it fallow in QT or just best to chuck it? Don’t want to put it in my DT until I get a get a better sense of what type they are.
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Looks like polyclad (hard to tell with lighting. If there are more- siphon them up with a 3/8" or 1/4" tube. If many - consider adding a wrasse such as yellow coris, 6 lined, lunate or melanurus which will eat them.
This applies to all varieties of Flatworm.
Inspect tank and coral daily for 14 days for presence of eggs which are very tiny. If you find any, scrape them off into the toilet
 
Thanks. Since I'm holding the rock in a temporary tank would dosing that it with Flatworm Exit help against Polyclads? I won't have fish in with the rock any time soon but definitely plan to get a Coris to help with things like this.
 

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