Please help me Id this Critter

[marco fish]

Can someone please help me identify this Critter??? I have found 6 within the past 4 days, after the lights turn off or before the lights are just about to turn on . I have taken them out as I have seen them, I should’ve taken one out carefully to have looked at it under scope.

 

[MTBake]

Some sort of worm. Just born most likely.

 

[marco fish]

 

[marco fish]

Some sort of worm. Just born most likely.

Good guy or bad guy?

 

[MTBake]

Good guy or bad guy?

Doesn't look like anything harmful to me. Most likely a baby bristle worm. I've seen similar in the past. Never did remove them and haven't had any issues from pests.

 

[Reefahholic]

Doesn’t look like a bristle worm.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Planaria flatworm

 

[Hemmdog]

Red planaria, bad guys big time.

 

[marco fish]

Planaria flatworm

So how bad is my situation Doctor?

 

[marco fish]

First time I see them ever, and what should I do about them?

 

[marco fish]

Planaria flatworm

The ones that I took out were white, like in the video!

 

[Hemmdog]

First time I see them ever, and what should I do about them?

I had less than 100 for about a month. I think my leopard wrasse took them out or mandarin at the time. Or possibly their food source ran out. I haven’t seen any in over a year though. Just my experiences not cure suggestions necessarily.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Needs to get out of tank. Melanurus wrasse should eat them

does it look like this?

 

[marco fish]

Thank you all for the quick responses, and sad enough I lost a melanurus wrasse 2 months ago. I woke up and it had a tang wound on it. I guess she was keeping them at bay. I’ll keep you all posted to what happens and what I do! Probably go to Miami and visit the LFS stores that I haven’t been to in a long time and pick up a couple of wrasses. I like to take the natural approach when I can, will see. Thank you all again.

 

[Reefahholic]

Flatworm exit should nuke them good.

 

[marco fish]

Needs to get out of tank. Melanurus wrasse should eat them

does it look like this?

Yes, that’s exactly what they look like

 

[Hemmdog]

Yes, that’s exactly what they look like

Oh If they look like that it’s not red planaria. This is the red death for future reference.

 

[marco fish]

That’s why I didn’t think that it was a planaria, I have seen videos on these guys, really bad news .

 

[Crabs McJones]

That’s why I didn’t think that it was a planaria, I have seen videos on these guys, really bad news .

It is a planaria, just not a red planaria. Not sure the exact species

 

[vetteguy53081]

It is a planaria, just not a red planaria. Not sure the exact species

Planaria torva flatworm