help with critter ID

[gatorolsen]

this showed up on the front glass of my planted marine tank - pretty cool but no idea what it is

about 1/8 inch long - larger end would rhythmically balloon out as if pumping water through

sorry about pic - could only post itty bitty pic or way too big pic

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any info appreciated

Gatorolsen

[BankerJohn]

Keri, oh no... it appears you got flat worms. These multiply quickly and will concentrate in low flow areas (corners) of the tank. Get tanked in Spring Hill had an awful breakout of these about 2-3 months ago.

Best of luck.

[saltycreefer]

These are predators on pods and wont proliferate. Dont worry about them.

[gatorolsen]

cool, received confirmation in invert forum - flatworms

Saltycreeper - thanks for info

BankerJohn - thanks for the input - but they are only in my planted tank (I don't share water or equiptment between any of the tanks) and as far as I know are not a problem unless you get a sudden die off from a huge population - same risk as my cucumber - could release toxins if it dies

So far I have id'd chitons, peanut worms, limpets besides the regular snail, crabs, and bristle worms - getting to be pretty diverse in there

Gatorolsen