What is this on my porite/Monti?

[zeroinverse]

Flatworms? Nudibrach? Planaria?

 

[northbay-reefer]

They look like some kind of flat worms

 

[zeroinverse]

That what I am guessing...but no online research shows "white flatworms" on Montis/Porites.

Just hoping it is not "larval Berghia nudibranchs" from Grant. Doubt it though.

 

[Grant W]

Thats nothing I've seen bud.

 

[gonzalez78]

Maybe your frag is prego :d

 

[Grant W]

If you are concerned, clean the hair algae off and dip it and see what comes off. Btw the baby bergia look like tiny versions of the adults.

 

[zeroinverse]

Grant, cleaned jar algae & dipped just in case. I need to get a tang for my frag tank (and/or keep phosphates lower). Just did water change.

Haven't seen the Berghia nor the "babies" since day one. Hopefully they hatched and will come back with vengeance.

 

[Grant W]

It can take a while. I thought mine were gone and then started seeing less and less aptasia. Then their population exploded. It was a nice process to watch especially seeing 4 or 5 attack a big aptasia from all sides like a pack of wolves.

 

[Reef Bass]

They look like a flatworm to me. Or a planaria variant.

+1 for berghia being generally not visible or free roaming the tank. Only when I began to run out of aiptasia did I begin to see them regularly as they searched around more for food. I am still aiptasia free to this day.

 

[Friday Night]

Gha
planaria

 

[zeroinverse]

@Friday
Guess I never saw a pale-white planaria

 

[Grant W]

You said you dipped it, did anything come off?

 

[zeroinverse]

Oh, yeah they definitely came off.
I was just used to seeing red planarian and online searches for monti-eating flatworms and planaria showed nothing like the ones I saw.

I got the frag from a reefer in Livermore who bought the whole setup from some guy for $1000. Now he got a great deal! Corals, tank, sump, stand, skimmer, etx

 

[Grant W]

Did you dip it before you put it in your tank?

 

[zeroinverse]

@grant
Honestly I don't recall. I think i did since i was concerned the porite might not like the bayer Afvanced treatmt.
I dd inspect it very carefully and definitely did not notice those planaria things on the frag. Must have been eggs.

 

[zeroinverse]

Maybe it's this...
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f71/white-flatworms-22355.html