What’s are these things??

[ReefHomieJon]

They are in my refugium with my pods. They kind of glide across the glass. My legs so they’re like stuck on the glass with suction. The front side is rounded off and the back has like a fork-tongue look like a snake..... this is the clearest pic I could get cuz they’re so small

 

[Silver14SS]

Description sounds like flatworms

 

[Redfoxtang]

Sounds like a ghost flat worm. If so they are harmless and part of a new tank! Wrasses love them!!

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Sounds like a ghost flat worm. If so they are harmless and part of a new tank! Wrasses love them!!

They’re only in my refugium tho. Do I need to worry about putting a wrasse in there to eat them ?

 

[Redfoxtang]

No I wouldn’t worry about putting a wrasse in there. They are harmless, but they do reproduce quickly and will eventually make it to your display and then a wrasse will come in handy!

 

[ReefHomieJon]

No I wouldn’t worry about putting a wrasse in there. They are harmless, but they do reproduce quickly and will eventually make it to your display and then a wrasse will come in handy!

Any benefits of having them?

 

[Silver14SS]

I thought ghost flatworms were typically white?

Since taking a pic is difficult due to the size, you may want to google reef flatworms and spend some time identifying what kind you have to determine if action needs to be taken.

 

[Redfoxtang]

I would really try and get a better picture for us so we can ID them properly. But yes usually ghost are translucent in color or white like a ghost. Baby ones in my tank have been brown in color until mature though.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Yea these are brown. And I’ve tried. I can’t get a good pic dang it!

 

[Redfoxtang]

Could be the rust brown flatworm then. If you see them only in the sump I would try and remove as many as possible. Do you have an coral?

 

[W1ngz]

If you can't get a good pic, have you tried just googling 'flatworms' and IDing them yourself?

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Could be the rust brown flatworm then. If you see them only in the sump I would try and remove as many as possible. Do you have an coral?

Yea I have a few corals upstairs.zoanthids
A hammer, baby frogspawn, gsp and three digi montiporas

 

[ReefHomieJon]

If you can't get a good pic, have you tried just googling 'flatworms' and IDing them yourself?

Once you guys started saying flatworms flatworms flatworms I looked em up and yea it looks like a flatworm but I really can’t tell what expect species they are cuz yea they’re brown and small and only in the fuge so they must of hitchhiked on the ball of macro I bought when I started reefing 6 weeks ago lol

 

[W1ngz]

If you can't get a good pic and can't decide what they are from comparing to photos, then assume the worst and make sure to have a wrasse on your fish list. You only see them in the refugium, but they are probably already in the display.

 

[ReefHomieJon]

If you can't get a good pic and can't decide what they are from comparing to photos, then assume the worst and make sure to have a wrasse on your fish list. You only see them in the refugium, but they are probably already in the display.

They have to climb about 15 ft to get to the display lol

 

[W1ngz]

They have to climb about 15 ft to get to the display lol

Or they just have to let go and ride the current.

 

[HOOPDEEZ]

And they do

 

[ReefHomieJon]

Or they just have to let go and ride the current.

Lol

 

[jurgenph]

get yourself some flatworm exit before they take over


J.

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

Once you guys started saying flatworms flatworms flatworms I looked em up and yea it looks like a flatworm but I really can’t tell what expect species they are cuz yea they’re brown and small and only in the fuge so they must of hitchhiked on the ball of macro I bought when I started reefing 6 weeks ago lol

Look up planaria flatworm.