What do we have here?

[made in ohio]

Added a few snails to the tank 3 days ago and now we have hundreds of these on the glass. It looks like ghost worms but I’m not even a year into the hobby and want to confirm. Much appreciated!!

 

[CoralB]

To me they look like flat worms !!! Bad news to coral and other fish if they eat them . Leopard,yellow , and sixline wrasses will eat them without issues , that and manual removal when you see them

 

[JGT]

^^this.

 

[ilyad]

It is indeed flatworms. Now the question is what species and whether you have anything in the tank that they can impact.

Check out this post for a pretty good write up on the various types.

 

[Flux Capacitor]

I believe these are acoel flatworms. I’ve had them in the past and they have never bothered any of my corals. A wrasse would take care of them, but I wouldn’t stress this type too much.

 

[made in ohio]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. Wishful thinking on my part that they weren’t flatworms.

 

[ChampionLighting]

They're not detrimental to corals, but they do eat pods.

 

[made in ohio]

I just recently started putting corals in and only have some zooas and a mushroom. Easy enough to manage them. I’ll add a wrasse to the tank (it’s been on our list to add in). I assume this group would advise to stick with the quarantining of the wrasse and not rush it into the tank. Adding a sick fish would only cause more headaches…

 

[Flux Capacitor]

I just recently started putting corals in and only have some zooas and a mushroom. Easy enough to manage them. I’ll add a wrasse to the tank (it’s been on our list to add in). I assume this group would advise to stick with the quarantining of the wrasse and not rush it into the tank. Adding a sick fish would only cause more headaches…

Yea they aren’t a major threat, so do the QT.