ok an id thread that i dont think any one has asked

[zap800]

lol. here it is. i have noticed about 4 little white things on my glass and on the sand. the best desciption is .........they look kind of like a little white sea nettle. they are about .25 incheslong and brown spot in the center. they also scrape the glass with the front of thier body. they are round in the front and have a forked back end. my cammera is on the blink so ill try to get a pic later.

 

[viper_930]

Flatworms

 

[thomas712]

yep, Viper calls them flatworms, I call them all kinds of other names. check this thread out and see if it properly id's them for you.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/122903/say-good-bye-flatworms

 

[zap800]

that was exactly what it was. a flat worm. well to continue this has anyone ever had any problems with these guys?

 

[thomas712]

Yep, I have a problem with the red ones. They are damn near immortal, they reproduce by fision and are quite unsightly.

 

[meadbhb]

Hiya,
I've got the red and brown ones in my tank. I've red that a six line wrasse will eat them. Though...my LFS told me manderians would eat them too? Any truth to this?
Meadbhb

 

[thomas712]

Well from my experience I did get a 6 line, but he really didn't put much of a dent in them if he ever did. I never saw him eating them, but the blue velvet nudi's sure were working on them. I've heard stories that the mandarins will or it was the spotted mandarin, but I'm not sure anyone has come out and stated that these were confirmed stories.
Thomas

 

[sergeant]

Do they look like this?

 

[zap800]

yeah thats what they look like. only they are aprox .25 inches.