Flatworms or snail?

[nickng]

Any idea what’s this. An inch long or a bit longer. A flatworm or snail? Eats corals or beneficial cuc? I have a torch and 3 hammers, a frog spawn and some mix of Zoa and acans. Any fish or clean up crew that will eat it?

 

[E.R.A.]

Looks like a nudi or worm thats a pest. From my experience 99% of stuff you don't add to your tank and you see is a pest. Its best to get rid of them as fast as possible.

 

[KrisReef]

That's not a snail.

 

[Troylee]

Eefw… bad guy I’d start dipping your LPs and checking for eggs..

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

That's a flatworm; not a keeper. Some wrasses and other fish may eat them, but it's not guaranteed. Manual removal (like Troylee detailed above) is best.

 

[nickng]

Eefw… bad guy I’d start dipping your LPs and checking for eggs..

What’s a good dip to use? I only have coral RX

 

[Troylee]

And don’t panic it’s not the end of the world… it was honestly the easiest pest I’ve ever had to deal with! I found 3 on a torch killed them and scraped all the eggs off did a simple dip and never saw one again in over a year… acro eating flatworms are a nightmare but that’s not one of them.

 

[Troylee]

What’s a good dip to use? I only have coral RX

Coral rx is fine or revive or Bayer etc.

 

[nickng]

And don’t panic it’s not the end of the world… it was honestly the easiest pest I’ve ever had to deal with! I found 3 on a torch killed them and scraped all the eggs off did a simple dip and never saw one again in over a year… acro eating flatworms are a nightmare but that’s not one of them.

Thanks, where are the eggs usually located and what do the eggs look like

 

[Troylee]

Thanks, where are the eggs usually located and what do the eggs look like

Anywhere on the stalks of LPs.. little white or brown dots in a cluster.

Euphillia eating flatworms eggs?

I just noticed these on my torch corals and thought they could possibly be eggs for euphillia eating flatworms? The one is doing good and is happy however the other one has been closed up for a couple weeks, still has lots of colour and all my other corals are doing great in that tank but not I...

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[nickng]

Thanks everyone for the help. Glad i managed to get it out and will start looking out for the egss and dipping as necessary

 

[nickng]

One other question. How bout using something like Salifert flatworm EXIT on the entire tank. Is that effective?

 

[wattson]

polyclad flatworm

 

[nickng]

polyclad flatworm

I did a quick search and found this article https://saltwateraquarist.com/euphyllia-menace-polyclad-flatworm/
The picture and description that it's about 1 inch exactly fits what I caught.