Flatworms?

[CloudReefer]

They are ~2mm long and appear to be eating algae off the glass. Friend or foe?

Thanks

 

[Turkey head]

They look like flatworms to me. Apparently there are some ok ones but I would try to get rid of them asap before they multiply

 

[Stephen8169301]

I take a sponge filter and just swipe them up on my glass and get as many as I can but be gentle with the sponge so you don’t kill them

 

[CloudReefer]

I caught some and fed 'em to my corals. They seemed to enjoy the worms very much

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Yep. Fish like 'em. I like to kill them with flatworm exit. Smoosh one on the glass, all if it's parts will keep moving. An infestation can effect coral.

 

[CloudReefer]

Yep. Fish like 'em. I like to kill them with flatworm exit. Smoosh one on the glass, all if it's parts will keep moving. An infestation can effect coral.

I only have a lawnmower blenny and a firefish at the moment. Neither are interested. I have a couple of wrasses on my stocking list that I might be moving up though.

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

I only have a lawnmower blenny and a firefish at the moment. Neither are interested. I have a couple of wrasses on my stocking list that I might be moving up though.

Interesting. My firefish comes out of his hole and picks them off of the glass. I tried to add a carpenter wrasse. He made it through the cover. But he was specifically for flat worms and colonial worms. Flat work exit handled both, mostly.

 

[CloudReefer]

Interesting. My firefish comes out of his hole and picks them off of the glass. I tried to add a carpenter wrasse. He made it through the cover. But he was specifically for flat worms and colonial worms. Flat work exit handled both, mostly.

Dang I wish mine would. He picks pods off the glass, but ignores the flatworms of course.

 

[BillsReef10]

They are ~2mm long and appear to be eating algae off the glass. Friend or foe?

Thanks

If they have a shell they could also be stomatella snails