ID Please

[bigal0221]

Hello all,
I just found another new guy in my aquarium and was hoping to get some help with an ID. Thanks!

 

[bigal0221]

O.K. I think I have found that this is a red flatworm. Anyone know if this is the case? Is this guy good or bad for my FOWLR?
Thanks for any help!

 

[bigarn]

Yep, that's what it is.
If you had corals they would have to go.

 

[bigal0221]

No corals, so should I still be concerned? If so, what is the best route to get rid of them. So far I have only seen this one but I am sure there is are will be more. Can you remove these guys during water changes? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[bigarn]

If you can get to them you can remove them manually. There's also a product called Flatworm Exit that many people swear by.
You don't have corals though, so I wouldn't worry unless they really start to overtake your tank.

 

[bigal0221]

O.K. Thanks for your help. I think unless I start to see a lot of them I will just try to remove manually. Again, thanks for the help!

 

[cranberry]

I leave them alone in my tank. Their numbers never seem todo anything and they just hang out on the glass mainly at the waterline and substrate line.

 

[txfishman]

it is a flatworm... I have a ton of those little ones in my tank. Now when you get the bigger ones you want to remove them.