Mitchell Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I cleaned my glass today and about 5 hours later I noticed tiny things sliding across my glass they are about the size of an apostrophe '. Here is a picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 HMM, I am sure I am wrong, hope so, but google flatworms Actually I just googled-photo looks familiar-LOL; http://www.saltwateraquariumlighting.com/coral-pests/ Guess I was not wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 HMM, I am sure I am wrong, hope so, but google flatworms Actually I just googled-photo looks familiar-LOL; http://www.saltwateraquariumlighting.com/coral-pests/ Guess I was not wrong My camera is terrible and can't take a picture of something the size of an apostrophe, so that picture was the result of a half hour of google images searches haha. From the little research I have done it sounds like the kind I have are harmless and eat pods, which makes since because my pod population is huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coralreefer Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Looks exactly like....a saltwater apostrophe....I hate it when I get those...here is a picture " ' " ! Sorry...lol... DrMerle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blues Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I have some of those, I read they are a harmless flatworm. They self-regulate their population based on copepod population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 get a 6 line or a 4 line wrasse. it is definitely a flatworm, but not so much a problem. the wrasse will clean them up pretty good... i hear mandarins will eat them on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I wouldn't want them in my system. My yellow wrasse is a flatworm eating machine. When flatworms "self regulate" their population, that is saying they will die off and add to your bio load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwenReefin Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I had a few of these in my display fuge as a result of some rock I added, I had an expert friend come over, he brought his blue damsel and it ate them all up. But people don't like damsels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 get a 6 line or a 4 line wrasse. it is definitely a flatworm' date=' but not so much a problem. the wrasse will clean them up pretty good... i hear mandarins will eat them on occasion.[/quote'] I don't like the looks of 6 line and 4 line wrasses, so I am trying to find an alternative. Right now I am looking into leopard wrasses and Hoeven's wrasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Does anyone know if the wrasses I mentioned would eat the kind of flat worm I have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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