Flatworms Good or Bad?

[PRESTO2345]

What do you think? Flat worms good or bad? And Why?
If you have a pic please post it.

 

[sir_dudeguy]

I dont know why, but they're bad. Everyone freaks out when they get them, and always try to figure out how to get rid of them so they must be bad. I think i heard that they eat corals or something? idk...i'll look for a pic real quick tho

ok theres a ton of dif. verieties, but check out this link, and check melevs...i'm sure he's got them on there.

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=flatworm&fr=FP-tab-img-t-t500&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

 

[Peter Eichler]

The flatworms that most people complain about aren't really "bad" but are just a nuisance and can reach plague proportions in aquariums with higher nutrients.

 

[Snakebyt]

i have heard that if you have lots of them in your tank, and they run out of food, they will have a mass dieoff, and when they die they are toxic and that can kill everything in your tank.

 

[PRESTO2345]

Thanks for the info everyone. I'm asking about the clear kind, cause they seem to do a great job stirring the sand. I only have riccordia mushrooms in there so far, and planned on using flatworm exit if they aren't good for your system.

Probably should mention it's a new setup, and my guess is that they came with the live sand. The rock was cured in a seperate container for a month with no signs of them.