Help ID please

[elcapitan1993]

These worm things just showed up on my glass and idk what they are, should I be worried?

 

[MnFish1]

Its hard to tell how big they are from your pictures - are they microscopic (i.e .really small - or easy to see with the naked eye?

 

[RedFrog211]

How old is the tank? My guess is they’re a planaria/flatworm that’s feeding on excess nutrients.

 

[elcapitan1993]

Its hard to tell how big they are from your pictures - are they microscopic (i.e .really small - or easy to see with the naked eye?

This is a zoomed in picture, if I put my eyes right against my tank I can see what they are so they are very small but I can see them with my eyes so not microscopic

 

[elcapitan1993]

Its hard to tell how big they are from your pictures - are they microscopic (i.e .really small - or easy to see with the naked eye?

This is a zoomed in picture, if I put my eyes right against my tank I can see what they are so they are very small but I can see them with my eyes so not microscopic I only noticed because I was looking for a the pods I have been putting in

 

[elcapitan1993]

How old is the tank? My guess is they’re a planaria/flatworm that’s feeding on excess nutrients.

It’s about 3 months old

 

[RedFrog211]

It’s about 3 months old

Yeah I’d bet they’re just planaria enjoying the excess nutrients and detritus. When you feed, make sure there isn’t a lot of food thats uneaten, and stay on top of water changes. They’re not an issue though; they’ll die down as the tank matures and you get pods that predate them

 

[MnFish1]

It’s about 3 months old

I agree - they are a small worm of some type - that is probably just eating stuff off the glass - possibly planaria - are you feeding something into the tank - or are there fish in the tank? Normally most fish will take care of them - as well as 'time'.

 

[Jonas Bergkvist]

I had these worm like animals in my tank as well, then i got myself a Yellow Coris Wrasse and boom they are pretty much gone now

 

[elcapitan1993]

I agree - they are a small worm of some type - that is probably just eating stuff off the glass - possibly planaria - are you feeding something into the tank - or are there fish in the tank? Normally most fish will take care of them - as well as 'time'.

Their are fish in the tank yes, I also spot feed my corals twice a week

 

[elcapitan1993]

Yeah I’d bet they’re just planaria enjoying the excess nutrients and detritus. When you feed, make sure there isn’t a lot of food thats uneaten, and stay on top of water changes. They’re not an issue though; they’ll die down as the tank matures and you get pods that predate them

Some of them have pointed heads from what I can tell, that would be planeria right?

 

[RedFrog211]

Yep! Pointed heads and usually two visible eyes

 

[vetteguy53081]

Wow?????
It's a small species of nemertean AKA ribbon worm. They are predators on smaller inverts like other worms and pods, won't bother corals or fish and may go after shrimp such as coral banded as they are carnivores and don’t eat nutrients.
Wrasses such as yellow virus, 6 lined, lunare and melanurus will eat them.
you can remove many by siphoning.

 

[vetteguy53081]

In the pic I was able to view on a 32” screen, looks like they’re going after pods