Flatworm

I know all flatworms seem to get a really bad rep everywhere but from what I read it seems not all are coral killers who overrun tanks.

However, I found my first flatworm today!!!! When the lights came on there was a very small tannish colored flatworm with the classic doubletail look on my glass. I removed and washed it down the drain and could not find another single one anywhere.

So if its on the glass does it mean it was prob an algae or copepod eating variety that would be harmless to corals and fish? I looks very carefully on my SPS and LPS and couldnt fine anything except for a few little copepods. Planing on getting a hoevens wrasse in the near future to help with any possible pest control in the tank from flatworms, bristleworms, pyramid snails etc.

 

I had a bunch of them several months ago, but now there are only a few here and there. I never did much to remove them. Mine were rusty in color with the split tail.

 

Yea I tried to get a picture but being so small and on the glass my point and shoot camera couldnt get a picture without being fuzzy. I want a wrasse just as a safety net for the future not to mention they are active and neat little guys!

 

this might help ;D

http://www.3reef.com/forums/id/answered-brown-flat-worm-141137-2.html

 

Thanks! I actually saw that thread a little while back and was looking for it. From her ID it looks likes I may have found a Pumpkin Flatworm.

 

I cant seem to get mine perfest but hey its a flat worm LOL I havent done anythingt to my tank yet to rid the problem. I will this weekend try and siphone them out as best as I can. also the they seem to be a more nocternial buch in my case turn teh fuge light off and they they are you might want to look at night to double check the population.

 

I was looking at the tank maybe 5 minutes after the light came on today and yesterday as the light came on so hopefully there are not more hidden! Still have to figure out what to do about my single aiptasia thats in an impossible to get to place though

 

Doesn't sound like the bad flatworms. I got some in my tank, they sound like yours - light tan, 2 tails, not 3. I was at first worried about them, did the FWE, and it knocked them back but didn't eliminate them. They've never been a problem since.

At one point there were quite a few on the glass, but since then I've only seen a few here and there.

Rick