little red things on glass. Please help

[Tremolo]

I was just looking at my tank and found some little red bugs on the glass. I am not sure what they are. I dont think they are pods because i have seen pods before and they dont look like them (unless they are a different kind.). I was thinking flat worms but i cant find a good pic online to tell what they are. They look flat red bugs or worms. I really not sure how to explain them other then that. I tried to take a pic and i cant get a good one to come out. anyone have any ideas or could point me to a website to help me id them. I tried Melevsreef but they are not on there. I will try to draw a pic in paint and post it in a min.

Thanks guy

Vince

[Tremolo]

Here is the best i can do about a pic.

[hansnfrans]

http://www.seaslugforum.net/display.cfm?id=5836

[Caragol]

Flatworms... sorry.

[mm949]

Originally posted by Caragol
Flatworms... sorry.

....ditto...get a nice wrasse...

[444reefkeeper]

An arrow crab, yellow coris wrasse and melanaris wrasse are my top 3 to get rid of flatworms. In that order too.

Be careful with the arrow crab. They can be a problem.

[GrandeGixxer]

Yellow Coris Wrasse is my pick. I have one that decimated my red planeria(flatworm) population.

[-=Efrain=-]

Ditto on the Yellow coris wrasse. And they are good looking fish.

[Tremolo]

Will Six line eat them? I was thinking about adding a six line anyways. If not i will go with the Yellow Coris Wrasse. Anyine know where i can find on in the aurora area?

Thanks

Vince

[Caragol]

Six lines you can find easily enough, I'd check Reef Plus in North Aurora first, and as a last resort I'd bet Petland Naperville might have them.

I heard they'd eat flatworms too, but I don't know for sure. I'm tagging along to find out.

[Tremolo]

I know i have seen six lines all over that's why i was asking if they will eat them. I was in reef plus a week ago and he had a few of them. I am worried about adding a coris to the tank though. I already have a Falco Hawk fish and Cinnamon Clownfish. I wouldn't want them to pick on the new fish. That's another reason i am leaning towards the six line i thing they are a little more aggressive.

[madadi]

i had little red flat worms in my tank and when i added a six line they where all gone. i just sometimes see one or two in my fuge.

[Steverino]

another thing I would recommend is using a small diameter plastic tube to siphon out as many as you can. It works great if you can attach the tubing to a rigid tube so that you can point it right at the red spots. It depends what it is, but dipping a rock in cold water quickly also gets them off quickly. There is a chemical that also wipes them out without harming your coral or fish. I have a little bottle that might have enough for your tank (29 gallon?) that I got from Ostrow (thanks again!), I will pass along if you go that route. There are a lot of threads on flat worms on this site, good info. Many people say that a specific type of fish doesn't 100% necessarily eat them, some are finicky and don't. One guy says "Mine ate them all" and the next guy says "mine didn't eat any at all!"

[Greedo]

This guys got one for free.

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...readid=1275519

[canar]

When I had this problem I got 2 six lines. They never ate one that I saw.

[-=Efrain=-]

Vince do these bugs you are seeing move fast or slow.

[Greedo]

I bought a Green Mandarin for them. I was told it wouldn't work as well as a six line wrasse or a psychedelic mandarin, but I wanted one anyway, so why not try it? I didn't have many to begin with, but I haven't seen a single one since.

[saltwater6900]

Originally posted by 444reefkeeper
An arrow crab, yellow coris wrasse and melanaris wrasse are my top 3 to get rid of flatworms. In that order too.

Be careful with the arrow crab. They can be a problem.

how can they be a problem?

[Greedo]

6900, do you have a brother named Garin?

[444reefkeeper]

Originally posted by Greedo
6900, do you have a brother named Garin?

6900- Arrow crabs have been known to kill shrimp, crabs and even small to small/medium fish. I can say for sure that mine ate my signal goby and wiped out my shrimp. He also ate every single flatworm in my 180, when I had no progress with a green spotted mandarin, 3- 6lines, green coris and a melanaris wrasse.

[Tremolo]

I think they move slow. Maybe an inch in a second or two

[steri]

I had some flatworms. I added an arrow crab, and haven't seen a flatworm in a long time. I have shrimp in my tank, and have never had a problem with the crab and the shrimp.

[bigevill]

I think my arrow crab is picking at some of my fleshy corals. Not sure, but I am going to remove him soon wether I catch him or not.

[fatmtbiker]

Once you catch him is this something you keep in your refug until you need it again in the main tank or would that wipe out much of the life/benefit of the refugium?

[bigevill]

I will probably just take him back to the LFS for credit. I did not buy him as a need, but just becuase I think they look cool and wanted to add another critter to the collection.