gimme a pic, I might be able to IDThanks for letting me know. I will probably just see what happens before I go and add anything. It appears I might have two kinds of flatworms. the one in the picture and then a more brown/orange variety. They aren't bright red/orange, so I am hoping they aren't the bad kind. no clue how I even got them either.....
I'll get you one tonight when I get home... Thanks so much!
its always a bug hassle to get rid of flatworms though
Just curious. Obviously I know they had to be introduced to the tank SOMEHOW right?
Where in the word did these come from? Is it possible that they came from the piece of LIve rock from DT when I set up, or one of the DT frag plugs and just took this long to populate and show numbers? I don't seem to have the problem in my DT but maybe that is because it has fish?
they can come on live rock, snail shells, or corals. If theres pods sitting on it, it can bring flatworms. I wouldn't worry about it too much.Just curious. Obviously I know they had to be introduced to the tank SOMEHOW right?
The tank is 13.5 evo. First wet Beginning of January as a coral and invert only tank
Started with Carib sea life rock, Carib sea live sand and a couple small pieces of live rock from my DT and various bottled bacteria.
January 10th added Mexican turbos, nassarius, and blue hermits
January 26th. I fragged a couple pieces of GSP and glued them to some frag plugs that were both in my DT
Literally nothing else has gone in this tank. I use separate equipment for each tank for maintenance so not to accidentally cross contaminate during the quarantine process.
So riddle me this batman,
Or if they came in on snail shell in early January, again wouldn't I have seen them before now?
I just moved over quarantined snails from this tank to my DT right before I posted this. So is it safe to assume that if they weren't in my DT, they are likely in my DT now?
I have so many questions HAHAHA
looks like its just ghosts. You should clean your glass though, its pretty dirty
here you go.. let me know if it’s not a good enough photo
hahaha! I leave it like that for my snails. Gives them something to eat so I don't have to substitute nori as much.
hahaha! I leave it like that for my snails. Gives them something to eat so I don't have to substitute nori as much.
Thanks so much for the input on the ID
Hey! so I have done minimal at this point to remove any. I have siphoned them out a total of 2 times since this post during a water change. The numbers have stayed within reason if not even less than 3 months ago. they don't seem to bother anything. I am planning on moving some stuff over to my DT soon and I have to decide if I want to risk the population possibly exploding in there, or try to treat the tank before doing that.Any update on these flatworms since April? I woke up today and see a bunch of tiny ones on my glass that look identical to yours so I am wondering what to except next! hoping they disappear on their own. Thanks
