Red bugs?

[Anomaly]

These just showed up a few days ago on my rocks and zoas....there are lots of them and are now on the glass as well.....they are very small so a good photo is proving difficult. Any ideas?

 

[j.falk]

Are they red sea slugs?

 

[Anomaly]

Not sure, but I can say that they don’t move fast. I need a microscope lol

 

[C. Eymann]

Flatworms

 

[KJ]

^^^ Agree. Brown flatworms Acoel.

 

[Anomaly]

Ok, first time dealing with flatworm, is flatworm exit the best way to combat this? It is a 32 gallon tank and I already have a 6 line in there

 

[AdamB]

Treat with Exit ! Works great! You will find out that you have 10 times the flatworms in tank once you treated. I would siphon for a couple days with Turkey baster and then treat 3 times every 3 days to kill off from hatch cycle . It will start working within minutes . Once flatworms started to die they will float all over and I caught some of them with a small net . I done this because they release a toxin in tank that can kill fish or coral. 20 minutes later I put carbon in sump to remove toxins. I had 20 gallons of saltwater mixed and done a water change 4 hrs later just to make sure ..
I did have a few flatworms remaining so I bought a melanurus wrasse to keep threshold down ! Yes , since you have a 32 gallon tank a six line would work best!