The picture is not good. They are so small the phone camera has a hard time focusing. Around 1-2mm. I only noticed them on the glass. They are moving. Look like little slugs or something. There are a lot of them on the glass.
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vaughnkingreefs
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Looks like red flatworms to me. Hard to tell...but that would be my guess. Not harmful unless their numbers get out of control and have a large die off. Melev's Reef has a great article about their removal.
For limited numbers, you can make a siphon out of some airline tubing and a piece of ridged tubing. Just get as many as you can that way and you may be able to avoid a plague of them. Flat Worm Exit will also work but can cause other problems if not used properly. My ultimate solution was a pair of Bleu Star Leopard wrasses. They spend their days cruising the rock looking for morsels. Turns out flatworms are a favorite snack. I even saw them carefully plucking them from my elegance coral without disturbing the coral at all. Very fun to watch!
For limited numbers, you can make a siphon out of some airline tubing and a piece of ridged tubing. Just get as many as you can that way and you may be able to avoid a plague of them. Flat Worm Exit will also work but can cause other problems if not used properly. My ultimate solution was a pair of Bleu Star Leopard wrasses. They spend their days cruising the rock looking for morsels. Turns out flatworms are a favorite snack. I even saw them carefully plucking them from my elegance coral without disturbing the coral at all. Very fun to watch!
