What in the world are these things!!??

[JmLee]

Past few days these things have appeared and seem to be spreading rapidly!.

some times they detatch from the side and float away and reattatch some where else. They also crawl pretty fast!. Any ideas?.

 

[frank551]

Sort of looks liek the same flatworm things I've gotten recently. Someone told me they were the harmless kind....

 

[JmLee]

Man the population of these things just exploded in like 2 days.

 

[frank551]

Same with mine. I saw two, then about 200 the next day. But so far only on the glass. I'm keeping a close eye to make sure they stay away from the corals. Until then, I'll just let them be.

One place told me they tend to come and go without much help...

 

[salineh2o]

Get yourself a yellow coris wrasse.

It will keep the population in check.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

They are a type of ddetrivore Isopod. I can't remember what type off of the top of my head though. There is a Copepod that looks very similar, but are much smaller.

 

[Billybeau1]

Could be spirorbids. Do they look like this

http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/marine_org.php?func=detail&myID=ITA-68248

 

[plandy]

I noticed something similar crawling around my refugium's glass walls. But they never make it into the main tank with an ever hungry, aggressive six lined wrasse on prowl

 

[Billybeau1]

Well re-reading your post, maybe they are not spirorbids cause they dont move around. You said yours are moving. Like Travis said Copepods probably.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

Actually, here is a thread with a very similar creature, if not the same one.

http://forum.marinedepot.com/Topic47225-11-1.aspx

 

[JmLee]

Well im positive they are not pods. I have tons of those too. They do look like some sort of flatworms, ive just never seen white ones before, only red. They do seem harmless though.

 

[Paintbug]

looks like possibly baby chitons. you can almost make out the armor plates in the middle. but i cant tell for sure without a closer pic.

 

[Qwiv]

It is a flat worm. They are pretty common. There are a few bad ones that eat corals so keep an eye on them until you know they are the safe kind. I don't see legs on them, so thay aren't an isopod or any other "pod".

 

[Paintbug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8283750#post8283750 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Qwiv
It is a flat worm. They are pretty common. There are a few bad ones that eat corals so keep an eye on them until you know they are the safe kind. I don't see legs on them, so thay aren't an isopod or any other "pod".

not all pods have legs theres over 12,000 copepods known to man alone.

 

[JmLee]

lol oh man. Well i dont have a camera with a 4237294724Xzoom lense so i wouldnt be able to get a closer pic. i guess ill just keep in eye out . I never see them on the rocks. Only on the side of the tank.

 

[Qwiv]

Um, copepods have legs or appendages would be more correct. Also, Pod means foot/leg. Even though POD, is a dumb word, as it really isn't a word with a meaning, it is generally used to describe isopods/copepods/amphiopods/ etc. All of which have feet/appendages. Unless you are apple computer's as iPods, which don't have feet, pods have 'feet/legs'