ID help?

jdjeff58 · 08/14/2007, 10:30 PM

Are these flatworms? Are they bad ones? If so, how do I get rid of them?

I also noticed these tentacles coming out of one of my rocks. They are coming out and moving around slow and there are more of them then just the ones in the photos. The photos are blown up. The actual size is about an inch or less in length.

Thanks

zippopunk1 · 08/14/2007, 10:32 PM

i think the tentacles might be a brittle star

Southern Boy · 08/14/2007, 10:34 PM

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html Take a look here.I say the 1st are flatworms.The 2nd may be live barnicels.Look through this site .Check out the other ones and you might find somthing on the 2nd one.

jdjeff58 · 08/14/2007, 10:41 PM

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Originally posted by Southern Boy
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html Take a look here.I say the 1st are flatworms.The 2nd may be live barnicels.Look through this site .Check out the other ones and you might find somthing on the 2nd one.

Yeah...I have that link already...I just couldn't match up my pics to his pics. I did get a close match on the baby brittle star. Just want to see what somebody else thought. The tentacles are pretty tiny and all in one corner of the rock.

Veni vidi vici · 08/14/2007, 10:41 PM

looks just like the tiny brittle i have liveing in a colony of zoas in my DT

Southern Boy · 08/14/2007, 10:45 PM

Very good chance its a brittle star.They don't like the light much.Put a small treat next to it next time you see it and he might come out a little farther for better identification.I just shot out live barnicles cause I've had several of them come as hitchhikers and they look about the same.

AquaReeferMan · 08/14/2007, 10:50 PM

Hey another person from Berks county.

anyway back to the topic
I used to have a 5g mantis shrimp tank with a bunch of mushrooms in it. The tank had a bunch of those flatworms in it. They would climb on the mushrooms as well. The mushrooms were never bothered by them. I have never had a problem with clear flatworms. IMO theyre nothing to worry about. The second and third picture look like a brittle star.

jdjeff58 · 08/14/2007, 10:59 PM

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Originally posted by AquaReeferMan
Hey another person from Berks county.

Yeah.....we might have bumped into each other here a while back in a PM.

As for the flatworms....it's just hard to tell what their true color is....like are they pink?....or are they clear and showing the color of the mushroom? I'm pretty new at this so I'm a cross between learning and panicking. My tank is two months running and I haven't had any real issues...yet.

schoch79 · 08/15/2007, 12:18 AM

They are flatworms and brittlestars. I would say that the flatworms are not harmful. I believe the harmful ones are red flatworms.

08/14/2007, 10:30 PM	#1
jdjeff58 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 327	ID help? Are these flatworms? Are they bad ones? If so, how do I get rid of them? I also noticed these tentacles coming out of one of my rocks. They are coming out and moving around slow and there are more of them then just the ones in the photos. The photos are blown up. The actual size is about an inch or less in length. Thanks __________________ "So this is how liberty dies....with thunderous applause." ~ Padme' ~ (Star Wars Episode III)

08/14/2007, 10:41 PM	#5
Veni vidi vici Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: San Antonio,Texas Posts: 395	looks just like the tiny brittle i have liveing in a colony of zoas in my DT __________________ All I wanted was a goldfish........ Current Tank Info: 120 gal

08/14/2007, 10:50 PM	#7
AquaReeferMan Got Reef? Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Under the Sea, Pa Posts: 4,593	Hey another person from Berks county. anyway back to the topic I used to have a 5g mantis shrimp tank with a bunch of mushrooms in it. The tank had a bunch of those flatworms in it. They would climb on the mushrooms as well. The mushrooms were never bothered by them. I have never had a problem with clear flatworms. IMO theyre nothing to worry about. The second and third picture look like a brittle star. __________________ Couple SPS/Zoanthid tanks and a couple of FW planted tanks. Current Tank Info: 5 pieces of glass with some silicone and plastic frames holding them together

08/15/2007, 12:18 AM	#9
schoch79 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: hegins,pa Posts: 1,071	They are flatworms and brittlestars. I would say that the flatworms are not harmful. I believe the harmful ones are red flatworms. __________________ We'd better get back, 'cause it'll be dark soon, and they mostly come at night... mostly.

08/14/2007, 10:32 PM	#2
zippopunk1 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: cali Posts: 746	i think the tentacles might be a brittle star

08/14/2007, 10:34 PM	#3
Southern Boy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort pierce, Florida Posts: 671	http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html Take a look here.I say the 1st are flatworms.The 2nd may be live barnicels.Look through this site .Check out the other ones and you might find somthing on the 2nd one.

08/14/2007, 10:45 PM	#6
Southern Boy Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort pierce, Florida Posts: 671	Very good chance its a brittle star.They don't like the light much.Put a small treat next to it next time you see it and he might come out a little farther for better identification.I just shot out live barnicles cause I've had several of them come as hitchhikers and they look about the same.