possible flatworm?

[Joe0813]

I found this on my glass so i sucked it out with a syringe... on the glass it looked like it was split in the back... the picture was taken with my phone so i cant really zoom on it.

 

[Joe0813]

ignore my dirty mechanic hands

 

[Misled]

It doesn't look like a flatworm to me.

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Can you get a closer, clearer pic?

 

[reefer999]

Can't really tell from pic, can you get a close-up?

 

[Joe0813]

unfortunately i think that is the closest i can get.... it just gets really blurry.... i need a good camera with a nice lens

 

[Joe0813]

http://www.captivereefs.com/forum/basics/unusual-flatworms-should-i-concerned-19392/


it looked like that

 

[Misled]

That's a flatworm.

 

[Joe0813]

gaaah i got a new coral from the lfs but i dipped it with coralRX just as the directions said

 

[Genesis Corals]

Do you have any wrasses? They should keep the population in check, it is the AEFW that will destroy a tank.

 

[mr.maroonsalty]

That looks like it is a rather harmless little acoel (long a-seal), not the big red planaria that people don't like. Acoels are pretty common they usually wax and wane never getting out of control, do a little research before you decide about how to handle them. Treating the coral didn't kill any eggs it may have carried.

 

[Joe0813]

I have a mystery wrasse but he's in my sump because he's a jerk. I'll do some research and see what to do

 

[Joe0813]

well i really dont want these things in my tank.... they are not causing any issues but i do not want them to multiply to the point they do cause a issue... i dont want to go the chemical route.. so i was thinking of a wrasse... can someone tell me a reef safe wrasse that is not a jerk like my mystery wrasse...

 

[DeerSlayer5152]

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productdetail.asp?did=1&cid=290&pid=977

 

[DeerSlayer5152]

This worked great for mine. When I got one the same way and could not get rid of it until I put this in there and haven't seen any in over a year.

 

[Joe0813]

This worked great for mine. When I got one the same way and could not get rid of it until I put this in there and haven't seen any in over a year.

what??

 

[DeerSlayer5152]

Sorry my first post is not there. A malenarus wrasse

 

[Joe0813]

ooooh i was like what the heck was he trying to say haha

 

[Painted skin]

ooooh i was like what the heck was he trying to say haha

You weren't the only one. I dismissed it as him having too many beers.

 

[Joe0813]

after a long day of work i could use a few beers tonight.... ok back on track.... any wrasse's? malenarus wrasse... anymore?