what is this please

johnnydoe · 03/04/2006, 09:30 AM

there all over my tank , i was wondering what they are . pleasehttp://home.comcast.net/~guardiann/qestpicture.bmp

marinelife · 03/04/2006, 09:47 AM

hard to tell ,but maybe flatworms

johnnydoe · 03/04/2006, 09:48 AM

they are all over the place , they dont swim the craw

johnnydoe · 03/04/2006, 09:51 AM

they are like yellow/brown with a 2 red dots , maybe a eyes ???

johnnydoe · 03/04/2006, 09:52 AM

are flat worms bad ????

johnnydoe · 03/04/2006, 10:30 AM

they move very very slow , and about 1 mm , IF THAT in size

Anemonebuff · 03/04/2006, 11:02 AM

They are flatworms. However, not all flatworms are bad. I have white ones on my glass, none on the rocks. I would observe them to see if they hangout on the corals a lot. If the corals are bothered syphon out as many as you can.

Anemonebuff · 03/04/2006, 11:04 AM

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/clear_flatworm.html

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworms.html

03/04/2006, 09:30 AM	#1
johnnydoe Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: pa . Posts: 290	what is this please there all over my tank , i was wondering what they are . pleasehttp://home.comcast.net/~guardiann/qestpicture.bmp Last edited by johnnydoe; 03/04/2006 at 09:44 AM.

03/04/2006, 09:47 AM	#2
marinelife Registered Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Union, Ohio, USA Posts: 6,590	hard to tell ,but maybe flatworms __________________ I'm a SaltGeek are You? All LED since 2010. Current Tank Info: 375 Gallon Reef with siporax, all LED lighting, and Red Dragon 3 and Abyzz A200 on 2 closed loops.

03/04/2006, 09:48 AM	#3
johnnydoe Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: pa . Posts: 290	they are all over the place , they dont swim the craw __________________ 120gal. 4ft / 40gal. sump , 2 AP700 Kessils , 4 t-5 , SRO 3000 skimmer , dosing , iwaki 100 pump , 2 MP40 QD ,5 gal fuge

03/04/2006, 09:51 AM	#4
johnnydoe Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: pa . Posts: 290	they are like yellow/brown with a 2 red dots , maybe a eyes ??? __________________ 120gal. 4ft / 40gal. sump , 2 AP700 Kessils , 4 t-5 , SRO 3000 skimmer , dosing , iwaki 100 pump , 2 MP40 QD ,5 gal fuge

03/04/2006, 09:52 AM	#5
johnnydoe Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: pa . Posts: 290	are flat worms bad ???? __________________ 120gal. 4ft / 40gal. sump , 2 AP700 Kessils , 4 t-5 , SRO 3000 skimmer , dosing , iwaki 100 pump , 2 MP40 QD ,5 gal fuge

03/04/2006, 10:30 AM	#6
johnnydoe Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: pa . Posts: 290	they move very very slow , and about 1 mm , IF THAT in size __________________ 120gal. 4ft / 40gal. sump , 2 AP700 Kessils , 4 t-5 , SRO 3000 skimmer , dosing , iwaki 100 pump , 2 MP40 QD ,5 gal fuge

03/04/2006, 11:02 AM	#7
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	They are flatworms. However, not all flatworms are bad. I have white ones on my glass, none on the rocks. I would observe them to see if they hangout on the corals a lot. If the corals are bothered syphon out as many as you can.

03/04/2006, 11:04 AM	#8
Anemonebuff Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: LI,NY Posts: 3,877	http://www.melevsreef.com/id/clear_flatworm.html http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworms.html