good guy or bad guy?
- Thread starter jiffy
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yup- totally harmless, unless you like algae :tongue:
Not harmless........BAD!!!, if you have clams or snails. It's a polyclad flatworm.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-reef-discussions/52525-dead-anthias-giant-flatworm.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/videography-forum/50499-one-monster-flat-worm.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/general-reef-discussions/52525-dead-anthias-giant-flatworm.html
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/videography-forum/50499-one-monster-flat-worm.html
JMSKI333
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+1 on a polyclad flat worm. i had one, i took him out. They crawl into the shells of invertebrates and eat them. I couldn't keep a turbo snail alive to save my life until i got rid of this thing. I might be wrong but i thing if they get ripped apart they release some bad stuff into your tank. It's been awhile since i had this.
+1 on a polyclad flat worm. i had one, i took him out. They crawl into the shells of invertebrates and eat them. I couldn't keep a turbo snail alive to save my life until i got rid of this thing. I might be wrong but i thing if they get ripped apart they release some bad stuff into your tank. It's been awhile since i had this.
I don't think they release anything, it's just that if you pull it in half the other half will heal itself and continue on it's way.
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jiffy
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ahhh what the heck, after the first guy told me it was ok I through him back in and I never looked at this thread again until now! what should I do to get him out? I have so many snails (or I did) and 2 clams...
Great stress release...lol
On the flatworm, since you still have some snails it will go after them. Honestly if you don't have any left just go and get a few and then sit back and wait for the lights to go off. I just kept an eye out with a red flashlight when the lights were out and I would find it draped over a snail shell. I had some tongs and would just hurry and pull it out of the water real quick snail shell and all. I got both the ones in my tank that way. I had a clam but it was up on the rocks and hadn't got to it yet.
-Logzor
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That guy will kill all of your snails and who knows what else!
Does FWE kill these things?
Reefaquarium
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VERY bad that type of flatworm should be removed!!!
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jiffy
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lol yea u slaughtered me on a kill cam but that's ok I'll get you back eventually (jiffyf)
but I'm always stareing in the tank at night and I haven't seen him since that day. I caught alot of local gulf snails and they are all living it up in my gf's tank but in mine they were dieing left and right. I figured it was due to not enough dead critters for them to scavenge on, but obviously not. I recently added 10 small nassarius snails and probably 6 or 7 stomatellas and haven't seen one... and I have an order of snail coming in on wednesday, so I really want him gone..
but I'm always stareing in the tank at night and I haven't seen him since that day. I caught alot of local gulf snails and they are all living it up in my gf's tank but in mine they were dieing left and right. I figured it was due to not enough dead critters for them to scavenge on, but obviously not. I recently added 10 small nassarius snails and probably 6 or 7 stomatellas and haven't seen one... and I have an order of snail coming in on wednesday, so I really want him gone..
-Logzor
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setup some kind of trap maybe. that would probably lure him out though.
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jiffy
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bottle trap? and i think i have way too many scavengers (conchs, olive snails, speghetti worms, hermits, cleaner shrimp, star fish) lol i think they would eat everything before he even knew it was in the tank..
anyone else have any ideas??? i went up to marine warehouse, coral corral, and FAOIS.. and the i saw a box up there salifert flat worm exit and the guy from coral corral told me that it only works for the lil flat worms...
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jiffy
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awesome I was just about to leave to take my dad to dinner for fathers day and I glanced in the tank and in the very front there he was in the same spot where I scooped him up before snacking on some of my new dwarf ciriths. he is trying to hide in the chunk of cup coral, too bad I don't give 2 ishes about it. so I think im just going to toss it all out instead of picking him out and most likely leaving some of his body behind.
customcolor
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yeah!!! you got him!!! now hope it was the only one !?!?
