carl Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 it's on the acrylic and on the substrate. Link to comment
carl Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 close up. are they good? bad? Link to comment
mattdog Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 planarian flat worms...what species, i'm not sure..but...you may have a problem. Link to comment
carl Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 any idea how to get rid of them? Link to comment
reef hugger Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Those are acoel flat worms, they can get to plague proportions in some tanks if not controlled. You can syphon them out when doing a water change or get a Velvet sea slug Chelidonura varians, but the problem with them is that they ONLY eat flat worms. Once the flat worms are gone they will starve, so you would have to return it or find someone else that needs it. Link to comment
Daemonfly Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I have the same things, seem to have come in on the latest batch of rock from Premium Aquatics (not dissing them, just noting. Their rock is gerat). I only see them on the glass, no where else, and doesn't seem to be a large population (yet?). Will keep an eye on them & try to remove when possible. Link to comment
liquidfluidity Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I have been battling these for quite awhile. There is a product called "Flatworm Exit" by Salifert. It helped a little but they came back. It has just become a part of my maintenance to siphon as many as possible out along with my water changes. They can irritate some things , eat some phyto and 'pods , but overall don't seem to hurt anything. They're just kind of unsightly. Supposedly some Mandarins and 6-line wrasses will eat them. I wouldn't try a Mandarin in a nano and the 6-lines have pros and cons. I would prefer to use a natural predator which is the Varians nudibranch(aka velvet sea slug) but as was said , that's all they eat. They just kind of suck!X) Link to comment
carl Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 thanks you guys. It's conforting to have the wise and experienced. Yep been sort sucking them out off the acrylic. The reason that's their hang out spot is tons of pods there. Another quick method was get a paper towel and wipe the inside. They get picked up by the paper towel. I guess the good news is in a 3g they get very far. You are 100% correct josh. acoel flat worms. Found something last night during a search. http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatwrmfaq2.htm Link to comment
EtOH_is_good Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 i kept siphoning them off everytime that i saw them for a couple weeks. haven't seen them for months. Link to comment
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