Acro eating flatworms? PIC

[vwluv10338]

So I recently bought a 10 frag package and lost two of the frags to RTN. some of my sps had been looking bad but I started to get color back when I changed salt and got my parameters in check. I figured I just lost two frags just because of the move since everything browned in transport. Anyway I was looking at one of the dead frags today and saw this.

Are these AEFW? I saw some on a half bleached stylo (maybe I dont know what it is) This bleached in I put it in my tank. Are these AEFWs of just some sort of pod or something.

Eric

 

[turtlespd]

those look more like regualar FW and can be taken care with flat worm exit.

 

[vwluv10338]

Do they need to be taken care of? Are they a problem. I dont have any corals that are looking splotchy like everyone says with AEFW but I just noticed these guys on a dead frag. Everything that was brown in my tank is coloring up.

Eric

 

[Ereefic]

Can you get them out to get a better pic of them?

 

[vwluv10338]

This is out of the tank in a glass jar. I cant get my camer to get any closer in macro mode. I have been reading that AEFW are clear. These are definately not. In the pic you can se a forked tail, dont know what that means.

Eric

 

[Greg Hiller]

>Do they need to be taken care of? Are they a problem<

They are not likely a problem. IMO, leave them alone. Are your Acropora dying? The photo does not look like an Acro skeleton.

 

[vwluv10338]

I guess they are not a problem since most of my corals are coloring up. I only noticed these because the skeleton is white. Here is a less zoomed pic.

 

[vwluv10338]

bump

 

[jsweir]

Those are the harmless variety. Unless they start multiplying quickly, you can leave them alone. If they bother you - nuke them with FWE as stated above...

 

[just dave]

This is a AEFW.