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[LucasJ]

I just got this orange plate coral and noticed these little white guys that look like there borrowing into the coral any clue what they might be or what to do to get rid of them? Also is this it dying off in the corners or if this is the plate growing?

 

[Anthony Calfo]

they are planaria my friend...a pest. Start with dips. Increase water flow and protein skimming in the display tank.

 

[LucasJ]

they are planaria my friend...a pest. Start with dips. Increase water flow and protein skimming in the display tank.

I haven’t put it in my tank yet should I try removing with tweezers or am I best of not putting this in my tank?

 

[LucasJ]

Also is that them in the corners?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Yes and best method is to siphon them several times a day until gone. - using a 3/8" or 1/4" tube. Run the other end of hose into a mesh and discard them as they are removed.
A six lined wrasse will likely eat these for you as well as a coris wrasse

 

[LucasJ]

Yes and best method is to siphon them several times a day until gone. - using a 3/8" or 1/4" tube. Run the other end of hose into a mesh and discard them as they are removed.
A six lined wrasse will likely eat these for you as well as a coris wrasse

Thank you I’ve been looking around at others post and most people have been saying it’s a stress response and part of the corals intestines so I’m a little afraid to try removing them but I do have a six line

 

[LucasJ]

I figured it out there mesenterial filaments after dipping they disappeared there a part of the corals defense mechanism