These flat like worms on new corrals

[christwendt]

Hello. I purchased a corral online. I’m the bag when it came I found a flat worm. I removed corrals from plugs and dipped in corral rx. I didn’t see anymore pests. I then rinsed and put into my tank. Should I be worried ? Do I need to redip in a few days ? I don’t have a qt setup for corrals.

 

[christwendt]

Bump. Thank you.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Look like bristle worms.
D

 

[Gatorpa]

Hard to say but looks more like a bristleworm.

Picture is a bit blurry but flatworms are only about 1-2mm wide and 4 mm long.

 

[christwendt]

Hard to say but looks more like a bristleworm.

Picture is a bit blurry but flatworms are only about 1-2mm wide and 4 mm long.

If you look closely you can see two eyes on one end. I have seen a lot of bristle worms. This one had no thorns and was flat. I’m just wondering what else do I do if I see this on a new frag?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Dip the coral in an iodine base reef dip or coral cleanser.
Think I use Kent brand.
D

 

[christwendt]

Look like bristle worms.
D

Hmm if you look closely I see two eyes on one end. It was flat too not round like a bristle. It’s too late I dipped and put it in my tank. I’m just wondering if I’m sure it’s a flatworm do I do anything else? I read the dip doesn’t kill eggs.

 

[christwendt]

Dip the coral in an iodine base reef dip or coral cleanser.
Think I use Kent brand.
D

I dipped it in corral rx. I read it doesn’t kill the eggs if there is any.

 

[Gatorpa]

If you look closely you can see two eyes on one end. I have seen a lot of bristle worms. This one had no thorns and was flat. I’m just wondering what else do I do if I see this on a new frag?

There are literally thousands of types of bristle worms.

Never seen a typical flatworm that large.

 

[Gatorpa]

Hmm if you look closely I see two eyes on one end. It was flat too not round like a bristle. It’s too late I dipped and put it in my tank. I’m just wondering if I’m sure it’s a flatworm do I do anything else? I read the dip doesn’t kill eggs.

May be some other parasite

 

[christwendt]

May be some other parasite

That makes me feel a little better haha

 

[MERKEY]

What kind of coral was it?

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I've seen the eyes on bristle worms and fire worms. There's literally 10k species of them.
D

 

[christwendt]

What kind of coral was it?

It was on a wall hammer.

 

[Coral Your World]

Looks like some type of flat worm. I don’t see any bristles and doesn’t look to me like a bristle worm. If there were eggs on the coral.. that sucks.

 

[Mark Novack]

It looks like a planaria species. They split into two at the head.

 

[MERKEY]

It was on a wall hammer.

Without a better pic it is hard to I'd 100% but there are really big euphyllia eating flat worms aka EEFW.

 

[christwendt]

Looks like some type of flat worm. I don’t see any bristles and doesn’t look to me like a bristle worm. If there were eggs on the coral.. that sucks.

I didn’t see any eggs on it. But it makes me wonder if there was any. Just redip in a few days ?

 

[christwendt]

It looks like a planaria species. They split into two at the head.

It does kind of look like these. Do I just redip in a few days incase of eggs ? Was I dumb to put this in my tank if I saw this in the bag?

 

[Mark Novack]

It does kind of look like these. Do I just redip in a few days incase of eggs ? Was I dumb to put this in my tank if I saw this in the bag?

Another dip is a good idea. The little beast will try and return to the coral if it's not eaten first. It's best to throw away critters from the dip unless positive that it's beneficial.