can someone id these?

[Tater11]

they are all over the front glass

 

[SushiGirl]

Acoel Flatworm.

 

[Tater11]

Acoel Flatworm.

thanks,i was affraid of that well i guess i should treat the tank before i add any corals

 

[SushiGirl]

Nope, that kind is not a danger to corals. The red ones, on the other hand, can quickly overrun your tank and cover your corals, depriving them of light, which then kills the coral.

 

[kingfisher62]

Aarrg!
Kill them!
Time for a sixline wrasse.

 

[Tater11]

Nope, that kind is not a danger to corals. The red ones, on the other hand, can quickly overrun your tank and cover your corals, depriving them of light, which then kills the coral.

ok thats good to know thanks:wavehand:

 

[Tater11]

Aarrg!
Kill them!
Time for a sixline wrasse.

ya i have a sixline in the 75 gallon i may put it in there.

 

[SushiGirl]

ya i have a sixline in the 75 gallon i may put it in there.

Problem solved LOL.

 

[kingfisher62]

ya i have a sixline in the 75 gallon i may put it in there.

Ha! Good luck catching him!
It would be easier to catch all the flat worms and move them to the tank with the sixline...............hold on........ oh well, it looked like a good plan on paper!

 

[Tater11]

lol man do i know.probably be less stressful to just get another one.

 

[kingfisher62]

They are cool fish. Why not! I wonder how other varieties wrasses would do on flatworms.

 

[kingfisher62]

Sushi girl, Don't you have a lot of wrasses?

 

[Tater11]

well i have a red velvet fairywrasse in the tank and have not seen it eating any of them.

 

[Tater11]

crappy pics

 

[SushiGirl]

Sushi girl, Don't you have a lot of wrasses?

Nope, not this time around. I had some flashers in a previous tank. I just have 2 gobies and 2 cardinals in this tank.

 

[Angel*Fish]

Hey Sushi, do you know what those white ones eat? I got some in on some cheato and I don't like them. I'm not sure why, but I want them to leave. Every time I see one I have a strong compulsion to do it in. Can they take over?

 

[SushiGirl]

I think I read somewhere that they're eating the copepods off the glass.
I found one in my fuge after adding snails. I took it out, put it in a cup, took some pics (my first flatworm ever!), and flushed it LOL.
I was just saying you don't have to use Flatworm Exit on them as they're not normally a plague.

 

[Islander84]

will a mccoskers flasher or a melanarous eat those?

 

[Angel*Fish]

I think I read somewhere that they're eating the copepods off the glass.
I found one in my fuge after adding snails. I took it out, put it in a cup, took some pics (my first flatworm ever!), and flushed it LOL.
I was just saying you don't have to use Flatworm Exit on them as they're not normally a plague.

Thanks! Well that settles it. I'm making a mini siphon like on Melev's site. I'd never had any in all these years until a couple of months ago.

 

[RandyFolds]

Acoel Flatworm.

Acoel Flatworms are the red stinky ones that grow to plague proportions. The white ones are harmless to beneficial. They belong to the suborder Maricola. They eat microfauna like copepods. I have watched one run down and consume a copepod on my glass, but I haven't seen one since adding a six-line (for the acoel flatworms that I picked up).

Their population will crash out naturally when their food source is depleted. I wouldn't worry about them.