Flatworm in my Tank

[CrabMan007]

Hello everyone,
I'm just getting my 60 gallon tank filtered and set up and have recently introduced several pieces of live rock into the tank to help some hermit crabs filter the tank and at night I saw a strange 3-inch long brown flatworm crawl out from the live rock towards a hermit crab. I turned the lights on and the flatworm crawled back under the live rock. It was solid brown, paper thin, and an inch and a half wide. Will it hurt my crabs? They are small and were recently taken from my 10-gallon. Please help, I do plan to introduce corals.

 

[cloak]

Try doing a search on Polyclad Flatworms and see if anything matches up. The link below might help out as well. GL.

http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhiker.shtml

 

[CrabMan007]

Thank you very much it is a polyclad flatworm! How would I get rid of it?

 

[cloak]

Depending on where it's at, having a small net or perhaps some vinyl tubing to siphon it out would be a good idea. If you know exactly which rock it's in and you can remove it with ease, a freshwater dip might be the answer. GL.

 

[CrabMan007]

Thanks so much will do!