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I just noticed these small black things on my glass. I originally thought they were pods as I have started dosing phyto to help bump the population. Can't get a picture of them on the glass but after a little was able to get one out they seem to stick to
everything very well.
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Some times your life takes a turning point, something as small as an enquiry or an amphipods and then you check spelling like you made a mistake.
It takes the smallest thing in this world to bring out the best :)
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looks like flatworm
 
Agreed, it looks like a flatworm. Not a good guy but not necessarily bad depending on what you keep. I'm guessing it's an acropora-eating flatworm

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I only say that because I used to deal with them a lot. If you don't keep SPS they aren't as big of a concern but they still can multiply and cause some problems. Flatworm exit works well IME for getting the majority of them, but some will survive and come back. Spotted mandarins and six-line wrasses are a better long-term strategy IMO.
 
Agreed, it looks like a flatworm. Not a good guy but not necessarily bad depending on what you keep. I'm guessing it's an acropora-eating flatworm

1660349696383.png


I only say that because I used to deal with them a lot. If you don't keep SPS they aren't as big of a concern but they still can multiply and cause some problems. Flatworm exit works well IME for getting the majority of them, but some will survive and come back. Spotted mandarins and six-line wrasses are a better long-term strategy IMO.
Going by your diagram it is the size of the amphipod that's why I originally thought pod. when I saw it on the glass it was smaller than an the adult Tigger pods I'm culturing. It was also more rounded until I put the cover plate on the mic slide. The tank is a little over a year old and I do keep acros.
 
Agreed, it looks like a flatworm. Not a good guy but not necessarily bad depending on what you keep. I'm guessing it's an acropora-eating flatworm

1660349696383.png


I only say that because I used to deal with them a lot. If you don't keep SPS they aren't as big of a concern but they still can multiply and cause some problems. Flatworm exit works well IME for getting the majority of them, but some will survive and come back. Spotted mandarins and six-line wrasses are a better long-term strategy IMO.
That amphipod scale look s more like a copepod. But I got some big ones!
 

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