Red Planaria On Chaeto

[amaxt]

I recently purchased a handful of chaeto online and when i got it there was a ton of tiny red flatworms on one. how do i remove them conpletely?

 

[amaxt]

i was told this is red planeria, posting a photo just to make sure

 

[ying yang]

Can siphon out as many as possibly with airline tubing and let water go back into sump or a bucket but put pair of womens tights ( americans call panti hose I believe) or a filter sock or something to catch them then there's a product called flatworm exit, but only problem if have lots lots they can release a toxin as they die so need to get dead ones out quick as you can .
A more natural approach would be a wrasse like a coris/silver belly wrasse or many others will eat them,Ruby red dragonet I read could be good candidate( google got answers which other fish ) if they get all maybe not but can keep in check .

But if the cheato you juat bought you not put in tank yet, maybe can put it in fresh water to kill all the flatworms as the cheato should tolerate it more than the flatworms,but never done so no first hand experience but worth looking into .

Goodluck

 

[amaxt]

just to make sure this is red planeria

there’s also these tiny white tubes on it, there’s something red inside

 

[ying yang]

just to make sure this is red planeria

Ummm

 

[ying yang]

Red planaria flatworm look like this

 

[amaxt]

Red planaria flatworm look like this

lol yeah i guess i shouldn’t trust the first thing i see, any ideas on what it could be?

 

[vetteguy53081]

this is a common bristleworm baby

 

[amaxt]

there’s a ton of them all

this is a common bristleworm baby

there’s a ton of them over the chaeto. should i remove them?

 

[ying yang]

lol yeah i guess i shouldn’t trust the first thing i see, any ideas on what it could be?

No sorry ,no idea as lots lots worms come from the sea ha ha.
But @vetteguy53081 and @Mibu Both very knowledable and maybe able to point you in right direction
I say probably harmless and resembles something like bristlewirm without bristles lol
Good luck

 

[vetteguy53081]

there’s a ton of them all

over the chaeto. should i remove them?

I personally do but others retain them as clean up crew. They are harmless worm that eat detritus and uneaten food, just not welcomed in my tanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

No sorry ,no idea as lots lots worms come from the sea ha ha.
But @vetteguy53081 and @Mibu Both very knowledable and maybe able to point you in right direction
I say probably harmless and resembles something like bristlewirm without bristles lol
Good luck

See pic-
Left is fire and right is common bristle

 

[ying yang]

See pic-
Left is fire and right is common bristle

Yeah I love mostly all the creepy crawlies that come out at night in our tanks and Intrigues me alot,but bristle worms,fire worms,eunicid worms I do not like and don't like the idea of putting hand in tank for whatever reason and could be some starting off half inch worm but growing to 5 inch / 10 inch or more ,no thankyou ( gives me shivers just thinking about the things ha ha )

 

[Goaway]

i was told this is red planeria, posting a photo just to make sure

Put worm in water and tell us if it has bristles like the photos above. Do not handle these without gloves

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Just an fyi for others reading this, actual red planaria on chaeto can be killed with a freshwater dip that the chaeto can survive.

 

[WheatToast]

See pic-
Left is fire and right is common bristle

Phenomenal comparison image!