chaeto hitchiker

abezr · 03/01/2011, 04:27 PM

So I purchased a fistsized ball of chaeto and there are these really small almost transparent critters flapping around... almost like a stingray.
Just wondering if anyone knows what they are, my powerheads killed most of them - but there are still some on my refugium..
any idea? they are shaped like teardrops id say they are 3 mm big and flat.

billdogg · 03/01/2011, 04:54 PM

probably amphipods. I'm pretty sure you can't get Chaeto without.

Tat2demon · 03/01/2011, 06:11 PM

Sounds more like flatworms to me.

billdogg · 03/01/2011, 06:18 PM

yeah - didn't even think of them. Pics would sure help!

abezr · 03/02/2011, 05:43 PM

I will try to get a pic but just note that these swim like stingrays meaning they flap their wings so yeh but they are super small il try to take a pic thanks

USAF427 · 03/02/2011, 06:50 PM

can you catch one and put it in a glass container for a pic?

aleonn · 03/02/2011, 07:21 PM

Look up copepods/amphipods (beneficial organisms) and flatworms (bad). Based on your description it sounds like flatworms.

abezr · 03/02/2011, 07:47 PM

http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1920&bih=979

this is the only thing i found that looks like it...

FormulatedFire · 03/02/2011, 07:51 PM

I just had a case of flatworms in my tank. Mine looked like the ones in the video below. I used Flatworm eXit to kill them suckers. Just be sure to suck out as many as you can before you treat the tank and as they are dying to reduce the toxins released from them dying.

abezr · 03/02/2011, 08:07 PM

i guess i will put a small powerhead in the refugium to rip the little buggers apart lol , there arent many... maybe like 20 or so... is there a fish that eats it? maybe that will simplify it..

FormulatedFire · 03/02/2011, 08:12 PM

Some wrasse are supposed to eat them, but they can get out of control pretty quickly if not taken care of.

mallorieGgator · 03/02/2011, 09:48 PM

I would say flatworms. Try to remove as many as possible because they can become a nuissance. Many wrasses will eat them but you don't want to be putting a wrasse in the fuge. If you suck them up with a small hose syphon it works well.

abezr · 03/02/2011, 11:46 PM

ok then i will remove them as soon as i can... its a shame i was like COOL THE CHAETO CAME WITH FREE FISH FOOD YAY

USC-fan · 03/03/2011, 09:25 AM

where did get this from?

abezr · 03/03/2011, 06:30 PM

from a local pet store called nature... its like the petco of canada...

03/01/2011, 04:27 PM	#1
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	chaeto hitchiker So I purchased a fistsized ball of chaeto and there are these really small almost transparent critters flapping around... almost like a stingray. Just wondering if anyone knows what they are, my powerheads killed most of them - but there are still some on my refugium.. any idea? they are shaped like teardrops id say they are 3 mm big and flat.

03/01/2011, 04:54 PM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	probably amphipods. I'm pretty sure you can't get Chaeto without. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

03/01/2011, 06:11 PM	#3
Tat2demon Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 833	Sounds more like flatworms to me. __________________ Nate cham - "Taste it, if it tastes like poop.....it is." Current Tank Info: 400 gallon in progress. 8x3x2.5

03/01/2011, 06:18 PM	#4
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	yeah - didn't even think of them. Pics would sure help! __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

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03/02/2011, 05:43 PM	#5
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	I will try to get a pic but just note that these swim like stingrays meaning they flap their wings so yeh but they are super small il try to take a pic thanks

03/02/2011, 06:50 PM	#6
USAF427 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 64	can you catch one and put it in a glass container for a pic?

03/02/2011, 07:21 PM	#7
aleonn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 4,041	Look up copepods/amphipods (beneficial organisms) and flatworms (bad). Based on your description it sounds like flatworms.

03/02/2011, 07:47 PM	#8
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...w=1920&bih=979 this is the only thing i found that looks like it...

03/02/2011, 07:51 PM	#9
FormulatedFire Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 138	I just had a case of flatworms in my tank. Mine looked like the ones in the video below. I used Flatworm eXit to kill them suckers. Just be sure to suck out as many as you can before you treat the tank and as they are dying to reduce the toxins released from them dying.

03/02/2011, 08:07 PM	#10
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	i guess i will put a small powerhead in the refugium to rip the little buggers apart lol , there arent many... maybe like 20 or so... is there a fish that eats it? maybe that will simplify it..

03/02/2011, 08:12 PM	#11
FormulatedFire Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glen Burnie, MD Posts: 138	Some wrasse are supposed to eat them, but they can get out of control pretty quickly if not taken care of.

03/02/2011, 09:48 PM	#12
mallorieGgator Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Gainesville, Fl Posts: 1,134	I would say flatworms. Try to remove as many as possible because they can become a nuissance. Many wrasses will eat them but you don't want to be putting a wrasse in the fuge. If you suck them up with a small hose syphon it works well.

03/02/2011, 11:46 PM	#13
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	ok then i will remove them as soon as i can... its a shame i was like COOL THE CHAETO CAME WITH FREE FISH FOOD YAY

03/03/2011, 09:25 AM	#14
USC-fan Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,626	where did get this from?

03/03/2011, 06:30 PM	#15
abezr Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: montreal qc Posts: 137	from a local pet store called nature... its like the petco of canada...