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krafty
05/13/2007, 12:07 AM
These just showed up today. There is a large collection of them between 50 and 75. They appear to be some sort of flatworm. However, when I suck them up into a turkey baster and look closely at them they seem to be more tubular like a typical worm.

Any ideas? Sorry for the large photo but I wanted to get the best shot possible.

http://www.everything-illuminated.com/temp/flatWorm.JPG
krafty
05/13/2007, 12:08 AM
My last group of flatworms died off. They were present on the glass for the most part. Also, they looked slightly different than these.

Here is a photo of the last set of FWs

http://www.everything-illuminated.com/temp/invert.jpg
reefkoi
05/13/2007, 12:15 AM
looks like a typical FW to me, I'd take everything out of the tank and dip it in FW exit maybe if you could, pretty much a teardown and sterilization of the tank. They will get out of hand fast and with as many as you seem to have I dont think predators are going to eradicate them.
krafty
05/13/2007, 12:18 AM
Here is a photo of them in the baster.

http://www.everything-illuminated.com/temp/basterWorms.JPG

Chris, Do you think a 6line would help here? If it is the best/only solution I will sterilize but that is pretty drastic. Are there other options?

Thanks!

Josh
Huhhhhh
05/13/2007, 12:36 AM
Wow that looks pretty bad.
GreenPuffers
05/13/2007, 12:44 AM
Oh man, I got the ones in the second pic, will they just go away??
Huhhhhh
05/13/2007, 12:56 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9931799#post9931799 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by GreenPuffers
Oh man, I got the ones in the second pic, will they just go away?? How many do you have? If it's just some here and there maybe a 6 Line Wrass or Target Mandran may help. There is also a Black Nudi with neon blue pinstripes that do a pretty good job on them.

If you have many then what Reefkoi said may be the best course of action.
lfduty
05/13/2007, 05:33 AM
DON't get the nudi's i got 3 for the club and got some algat with some flatworms on it to feed the black velvet when no one needed the nudi's and they lasted 5 day's and naw i have a 25g tank with 1000,000,00's of flatworms in it and not a thing to eat them i think you need to get a target mandran know that im going to get 2 this week some time. But that's just me