So we all know most of the common pests that plague our reefs, but tonight I learned of a knew one I'd never heard of before. Now I'm not exactly sure on the species, just what Google tells me. I got home and noticed my normally insanely happy torches were not as full and fluffy as they usually are. The power head got moved so I assumed it was just the flow, but decided to take a closer look. Pulled the gold torch out and noticed these brown things sliding all around it. So of course I freak the heck out like everyone else would do. Pulled it out and got a closer look and sure enough it looked like the biggest flatworms I had ever seen. My best guess is euphyilla eating flatworms. So all my euphyllia got dipped and will be going in quarantine for a few weeks till I can make sure all the eggs are gone.
Last year after losing an entire shipment of sps to flatworms I started dipping and quarantining everything. I guess some where one of these had some eggs buried pretty deep. I always thought some people were insane for cutting off the old frag plug and gluing on a new one in case there were any eggs. Looks like that might be my next step honestly. What a night.
Last year after losing an entire shipment of sps to flatworms I started dipping and quarantining everything. I guess some where one of these had some eggs buried pretty deep. I always thought some people were insane for cutting off the old frag plug and gluing on a new one in case there were any eggs. Looks like that might be my next step honestly. What a night.
