parasite?

[falonchristie]

Hello,
I know the meeting tommorrow will probably answer this question but i'll post it on here anyways. I got home today and saw about 15 of these little tiny things stuck to the front glass of my tank. its hard to describe but they are kind of shaped like a skinny tulip and they are yellowish color with like 3 points like a tulip flower would be but the middle point is orange color. I have crabs, 1 cb shrimp, 1 pepermint shrimp and snails in tank. Is this a parasite? If i need to I can pick some out and bring with me to the meeting to show someone. they are too tiny to take a pic of i think.

 

[chaderic26]

google reef flatworms. See if that's it.

 

[cody6766]

If they're clear flatworms then I wouldn't stress about it unless they reach plague proportions. The red/orange/burnt ones are pretty nasty pests though. A yellow coris wrasse is a good solution to that problem in many cases.

 

[falonchristie]

If they're clear flatworms then I wouldn't stress about it unless they reach plague proportions. The red/orange/burnt ones are pretty nasty pests though. A yellow coris wrasse is a good solution to that problem in many cases.

okay im thinking they are flatworms but i did not find pics that were identical as mine in tank. I also found this thing on the rock that looked like a slug or something. i wiped out all of the small pests but didnt want to flush this just yet until some of you commented on what it might be. The pics suck it looks like it might be a flatworm but it has tenticles.

 

[scadsobees]

Blurry but looks like a stomatella snail. The other side should have a what looks like a half-shell. No worries.

 

[Lytehouse]

bugs and such

bugs and such

If you can't identify the first critter, bag a few and bring them in.

As Cody said, a Yellow Coris Wrasse will take care of them.

You'll get posts about blasting your tank with flat worm exit, but I wouldn't unless they really multiply. You'll enjoy the wrasse and it's a great fish for zoanthids.

The second animal is a Stomatella. They hitchhiked in on you live rock or a coral frag. They are good guys. People actually buy them, when they don't have a club like ours to get donations, to seed their new tanks.

When the talk turns to dipping new corals, pay special attention. That will help you avoid future infestations of things like flatworms.

 

[pwhitby]

its a stomatella. Very useful. Hug him and love him and call him george

 

[cody6766]

Just don't hug him too tight. Haha.

Gotta love free clean up crew members

 

[falonchristie]

its a stomatella. Very useful. Hug him and love him and call him george

lol okay i will. good thing i didnt yank him out of the tank when i was getting all the flatworms out