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  1. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    After successfully moving most of my corals to a smaller tank last night, I was looking closely at the new tank today and noticed this little guy huggiung the front glass along the sandbed. It is reddish-orange in color, but I can't make out an exact shape. I don't think it's a nudibranch, as I see no trademark appendages like found on most nudis.

    I just hope it's not a flatworm...this is the only one I found.

    Thanks in advance.



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  2. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    It's kind of hard to tell :confused:
     
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  3. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Yes, I know. I couldn't get any closer without having a true macro lens. :(
     
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  4. Moby Duck

    Moby Duck Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I can't tell... You may wanna ask Renee about it, or go to lionfishlair and check out te hitchhiker guide
     
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  5. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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  6. Dingo

    Dingo Giant Squid

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    i would put money on planaria

    I am a flatworm freak now after I got hit REALLY hard with them once. seriously, all i can say is to not let them go because they can dominate the tank
     
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  7. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    I had a few thousand of those guys before i knew it but my melarunus wrasse did them in. Since you don't have any fish in there yet maybe rent a sixline. They are pretty good with planaria
     
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  8. scadsobees

    scadsobees Fire Shrimp

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    Do a google image search of "acoel flatworm". There are bad flatworms and some not so bad ones. I've got some not so bad ones. From what I've read, the bad ones have a three points on their butt. The not so bad ones have only 2 points.
     
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  9. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    Well this is kind of scary. hahaha...

    Too bad the tank is only 10 gallons :(
     
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  10. Dingo

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    I believe both are destructive in that they release toxins when they die. Additionally, I have never heard about the difference between the points but I would suspect that they are still the same flatworms, just either in slightly different variations or at different life stages.
     
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