Could these be planaria? ID and Help plz

[aaa1234]

So a few minutes ago i sat down to take a look at my tank and in one of the corners where there is quite a bit of diatoms laying on my sandbed, i noticed what looked like tiny ghosts skimming the sand and a few were on the glass. They almost look like tiny snails because they move like them and there is a little colored hunch on their backs. They look like tiny transparent teeth. What are these things and what do i need to do?

also...

There are a bunch of these tiny dark worms all over my rocks and some on my glass. Not so many as it looks ridiculous...but if you look at the tank for a good while you start to notice a lot of them. They almost look blue at one end...they are about a CM long and they move very very slowly.

I can get a bad pic of the ghost teeth things tomorrow at work but for now, can anyone give me some ID's or some advice on how to handle these little guys? Thanks!

-Sven

 

[bertoni]

They might be planaria, but without a good picture, it's hard to say. If they are planaria, they likely can be ignored.

 

[aaa1234]

UPDATE:

UPDATE:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10274661#post10274661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bertoni
They might be planaria, but without a good picture, it's hard to say. If they are planaria, they likely can be ignored.

So heres the crappy pic that i got for ya. You can clearly tell where it is. Anyone have some useful info for me? Thanks

-Sven

 

[aaa1234]

UPDATE:

UPDATE:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10274661#post10274661 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bertoni
They might be planaria, but without a good picture, it's hard to say. If they are planaria, they likely can be ignored.

So heres the crappy pic that i got for ya. You can clearly tell where it is. Anyone have some useful info for me? Thanks

-Sven

 

[bertoni]

I'm sorry, I can't see anything. If they are flatworm-like, the only ones that seem to be a problem are the reddish ones, and that's an esthetic issue. Well, I'm assuming the flatworms you have are small. Some large animals, like the polyclads, might be problematic as well.

 

[Grins]

Is it the larger white object in the upper left quadrant? Looks a bit like a flatworm.

 

[dcombs44]

From the blurry pic, it looks like a white flatworm. IME the ones to worry about would be red planaria, which give off a toxin upon death. If they were to multiply significantly and dieoff, they could cause problems. If your critter is a small white flatworm, I think you'll be fine. A better pic would be very helpful for some of the ID gurus out there to help you out though.

 

[dcombs44]

http://melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html

Here's a link to a flatworm id page. Maybe you can use this to ID yours.