[i]Convolutriloba retrogemma[/i]

OOOOOOOOooooooo!!

wow it looks so cool in that macro, its almost easy to forget what pests they are

sweeeet

I actually think they look pretty cool. Ones mans pest is another mans... Convolutriloba retrogemma

i have those 2 , but there clear

Thanks for the comments everyone. TheCuban1040--I sort of agree...esp. now that their population has +/- crashed so that I only have a few at a time...

Wildernesstank--then you probably have the harmless white flatworms...see these threads for more info/pics:

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79387&hl=flat+worms

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=56535&hl=flat+worms

flat worm exit is great. i was gettin too used to seeing these

Yeah, mine will never get a chance to get out of hand, the Scooter Blenny makes sure of that! There are a few cracks he cant reach his little siphon mouth into, and they are piled up on top of eachother in these hideouts.

Wow, lucky you to have a predator! I know these guys are photosynthetic--I think the "granules" in my pic may be zooxanthellae (or whatever you would call flatworm dinoflagellates)--so I'm curious as to whether yours are less reddish/brown? I do agree that, once they're down to a low level, they're not bad inhabitants. Took forever to reach that stage, though...

Wicked... new background maybe? lol

looks like something flying through outer space, very cool!

this definitely embodies this month's theme to a T, and it looks like you could use a membership Diane. got my vote!

wow that is a hell of a pic!!

Amazing! You have my vote

Wow! don't know how I missed it when I was looking before. Awesome shot Diane!! It's amazing to look at these tiny creatures in such detail. I have these flatwoms, they have just arrived in my 12g of late, You would never know they are so beatiful. Again...Wow!...great shot.

Looks like an alien ship in space...really cool.

By the way, whoever gave you a 1.0 rating is on crack.

OK, 5 months later--I know no one will ever again be looking at these comments, but I still have to set the record straight. I have since learned that their endosymbiont is a green algae (Chlorophyte), not a dinoflagellate like most corals have. And they're referred to as zoochlorellae rather than zooxanthellae. (Thanks to Tom Shannon, Ph.D.)

great pic ... hopefully you do not have that flatworm in your tank ... time for a wrasse to clean it out ... i think its leopard wrasse ... I heard mandarin goby eats it too ... but those are hard to keep.