dweakl01 Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 Originally posted by Caesar777 Give a darn description! Do they look like a worm? Carrying a flag?
chreeno Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 I have the same little white slugs on my glass at night and during the day, I was wondering what they were.. are they harmless?
Caesar777 Posted July 27, 2005 Posted July 27, 2005 The clear ones in the pics? Yes, harmless copepod-eating flatworms. These aren't the "bad" ones (that'd be the large brown one), as they don't explode in record numbers, nor are they at all toxic. They'll disappear gradually.
bluebastion Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 Or if they look like a slug, snail without a shell they could be nudis... not nudes.
proraptor Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 OMFG! I just saw one on my glass that looks like this: I hope its harmless!
Caesar777 Posted July 28, 2005 Posted July 28, 2005 Again, they're harmless. They're a small, copepod-eating flatworm (very cool to watch them catch the little fellas) that reproduces at a MUCH slower rate than the plague brown/red ones. They tend to show up occasionally in our reefs only to disappear again. Not a problem, honestly. (Though I take them out when I see them and they're in an easy place to get 'em. But that's just me....I like to try to ensure that their numbers stay low.)
FragMaster Posted August 1, 2005 Posted August 1, 2005 Caesar77: ALL flat worms are toxic when they die. most are harmless though. The only real problem they pose ( aside from the coral eating nudis and the single coral eating flat worms) at all is in HUGE numbers and smothering corals.
Caesar777 Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Not according to Ron "Mr. PhD" Schimek(sp)... Only the brown flatworms, and some others, are toxic. Not the clear ones. These don't reproduce in nearly the numbers that the browns/reds do, and soon disappear altogether. Occasionally I see one or two in my tank, at night.
FragMaster Posted August 4, 2005 Posted August 4, 2005 Ah. How does that comercial go? (~shooting star...) "The more you know...."
Caesar777 Posted August 7, 2005 Posted August 7, 2005 You know more than a doctor with a couple of decades in the reef biz, I'm sure.
FragMaster Posted August 7, 2005 Posted August 7, 2005 Ummm Caesar777? YOu obviously have never seen those comercials have you? I was reffereing to a learning cmercial, AS IN I LEARNED SOMTHING. They were always preceeded by a shooting star. But thanks for the pot shot any ways! Could it be thats why your making alot more umm....."friends" lately?
Reef Casa Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 I have those two? what exactly are they and how do you get rid of them??? All my zoas seem to be dying and I really just want to get rid of them TY
beyondtheblue Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 If they are just like the picture that was posted I wouldnt worry about them. I am sure they are not the culprit for the zoa demise. I had a buttload of them...they eventually go away..or at least mine did. You might want to take a closer look at your colonies and see what might be the prob.
The Propagator Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 NO they arent but they will spread like wild fire and soon you will have thousands of them. Mark my words. I would get a yellow tail or Domino, or a fiji blue devile damsle. Either one will eradicate them. Stick him in , dont feed him, and he will start chomping away at them.
Tentacles Posted November 30, 2006 Posted November 30, 2006 NO they arent but they will spread like wild fire and soon you will have thousands of them. Mark my words. I would get a yellow tail or Domino, or a fiji blue devile damsle. Either one will eradicate them. Stick him in , dont feed him, and he will start chomping away at them. them dominos can get kinda big tho.. this is just a 10 gallon, what other kind of fish do you have in your tank? might not want to add more unless you could return the damsel
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