Tiny brown flatworms

Kristopher Conlin

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I have noticed these tiny flatworms scooting around on my glass and a few on my rock as well. they are about a millimeter long and don't seem to be on any of my coral.

I have looked through a few other posts and some flatworm id and found some similar looking pictures, however I haven't found much on whether they are a harmless or a pest. Has anyone else encountered them before?

The plan for now is to pick up and quarantine a wrasse to snack on them.

 
Appears to be Convolutriloba flatworm. They don't eat corals but do eat pods.
 
Appears to be Convolutriloba flatworm. They don't eat corals but do eat pods.
Thanks for the ID!

I do usually have tons of tiny pods on the glass. They must be hunting them.

I suppose a wrasse would eat both the flatworms and pods.
 

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