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Looks like Pumpkin Flatworm (Waminoa Sp)
 
Yep, looks like one of my ghost flatworms (or some other flatworm). I added a Springeri damsel to pick at mine. He does an alright job, but he'd rather eat the pods first :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:
 
Should I eliminate this thing? Better not be flatworm.
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Acoel flatworm and they are not harmful as red planaria, they in numbers can smother bases of coral and block the needed light for production of zooxanthellae which is their energy source.
Removal can be accomplished by siphoning them with a 3/8" tubing into a nylon stocking and discard
OR
Add a wrasse such as Yellow coris, 6 line, lunare or malanurus OR even a springieri damsel which will eat them

With the number you have, for the next 2 weeks you will have to look for eggs and scrape off as there is likely some and would be future acoels. Eggs are really tiny

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