What in the Stranger Things is this?!

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Loads of these dotted on the glass all of a sudden

Near on impossible to get the camera to focus on these they’re so small.
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Yep, flatworm. Hopefully just an acoel in a weird position. Can you take another couple of pictures of them moving around?
I would say it’s almost impossible to get the camera to focus on these things lol

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If they don't have a redish tint to them I wouldn't be too concerned. You can however get a wrasse to clean them up. I use a springer damsel and a spotted mandarin as well. Utility fish all the way.
 
Can also dose flatworm exit, fee in our club constant d9se tgis because their acros do better with it dosed than not.
 
That's a red planarian flatworm. From what I am told, very toxic in high numbers. Is that the only one you see? Remove every fw with a siphon of some form.
 
If they don't have a redish tint to them I wouldn't be too concerned. You can however get a wrasse to clean them up. I use a springer damsel and a spotted mandarin as well. Utility fish all the way.
They’re mostly gray some of them have a red spot I don’t know if that’s food they’ve eaten, maybe my red mushrooms, or they are the bad kind. Majority just grey though
 
Looks like maybe a ghost flatworm to me. It's not red enough for red planaria, is it?
3 tip tail for top one.
I’ve got a turkey baster I’ll get some of them off tomorrow. What fish are natural predators of these guys?
Melanuras wrasse, yellow coris, six line, but hit and miss with all predators.
 
3 tip tail for top one.

Melanuras wrasse, yellow coris, six line, but hit and miss with all predators.
All of those okay in a Red Sea 170? Unsure on size requirements for such fish. Only other stock would be 2 clownfish
 
All of those okay in a Red Sea 170? Unsure on size requirements for such fish. Only other stock would be 2 clownfish
Thats 44g. If you can find them at the smaller size, they may take to flatworm easier. I really never had to go through flatworm removal. All I got is what others say :(
My melan ate everything. If I ever had fw's. He destroyed them.
 

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