Pictures of Flatworms?
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stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760651
Are you talking about Polyclads or Planaria?
I'm embarrassed to say I killed a polycad someone sent me before I got a chance to photograh it.
Well, I'm still trying to figure out what happened with my candy cane. I went to a friends house, who purchased some coral from the same guy as I did. Neither one of us dipped the coral. On the walls of his QT tank. He has some little while guys , that look like an elongated body with a lunar tail. He thinks they are flat worms. I googled flatworms and they had these pictures of beautiful worms, (that would be awesome if they aren't bad) I didn't see what I was looking for. So I don't know if I'm talking about polyclads or planaria.
I tried to read MR. X's link, but it is to scientific for me to understand, and lack pictures. I personally haven't seen them in my tank. But we both have corals from the same place, so they are probably there, just never seen them.
http:///forum/post/2760651
Are you talking about Polyclads or Planaria?
I'm embarrassed to say I killed a polycad someone sent me before I got a chance to photograh it.
Well, I'm still trying to figure out what happened with my candy cane. I went to a friends house, who purchased some coral from the same guy as I did. Neither one of us dipped the coral. On the walls of his QT tank. He has some little while guys , that look like an elongated body with a lunar tail. He thinks they are flat worms. I googled flatworms and they had these pictures of beautiful worms, (that would be awesome if they aren't bad) I didn't see what I was looking for. So I don't know if I'm talking about polyclads or planaria.
I tried to read MR. X's link, but it is to scientific for me to understand, and lack pictures. I personally haven't seen them in my tank. But we both have corals from the same place, so they are probably there, just never seen them.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760700
Are they these?
That's a little pod you see to the left running away as well as in his belly. I wish I had the camera setup I have now when I had those guys. I loved them.
Sort of, the little guys were white, not opaque. And small, maybe .7-1 mm in length. They also did not have the indent from the head to the tail. They were on the glass. And didn't seem to be nocturnal.
http:///forum/post/2760700
Are they these?
That's a little pod you see to the left running away as well as in his belly. I wish I had the camera setup I have now when I had those guys. I loved them.
Sort of, the little guys were white, not opaque. And small, maybe .7-1 mm in length. They also did not have the indent from the head to the tail. They were on the glass. And didn't seem to be nocturnal.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760758
Were they more this shape?
That looks like them. I'm assuming they are brown b/c of the lighting? What are they? And are they bad?
http:///forum/post/2760758
Were they more this shape?
That looks like them. I'm assuming they are brown b/c of the lighting? What are they? And are they bad?
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760776
They can appear white too.... naw I don't consider them bad. They hang out at the substrate line and waterline and don't get prolific like those red ones and the pumpkin shaped ones. I've always seen these in my tanks.
What do they eat?
http:///forum/post/2760776
They can appear white too.... naw I don't consider them bad. They hang out at the substrate line and waterline and don't get prolific like those red ones and the pumpkin shaped ones. I've always seen these in my tanks.
What do they eat?
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760855
Pods and probably bacteria, dino and/or diatoms.... not coral.
So then what are the flatworms that everyone wants to get rid of? And do you know the scientific name? I know very little about this stuff, sorry for all the basic questions.
http:///forum/post/2760855
Pods and probably bacteria, dino and/or diatoms.... not coral.
So then what are the flatworms that everyone wants to get rid of? And do you know the scientific name? I know very little about this stuff, sorry for all the basic questions.
cranberry
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You want to get rid of the Convolutriloba retrogemma (well actually there are 4 that show up [not just the retrogemma] but every reduces it down to the one).
And the Waminoa sp.
I've never seen the waminoa to take a picture of them.... the retros are much more popular. I wuld pay money for some waminoas.
And I love talking about critters.
And the Waminoa sp.
I've never seen the waminoa to take a picture of them.... the retros are much more popular. I wuld pay money for some waminoas.
And I love talking about critters.
stdreb27
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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760883
You want to get rid of the Convolutriloba retrogemma (well actually there are 4 that show up [not just the retrogemma] but every reduces it down to the one).
And the Waminoa sp.
I've never seen the waminoa to take a picture of them.... the retros are much more popular. I wuld pay money for some waminoas.
And I love talking about critters.
how can you tell the difference? Coloring?
How can the retros be more popular? Did you mean more common? That was a picture of the retro?
http:///forum/post/2760883
You want to get rid of the Convolutriloba retrogemma (well actually there are 4 that show up [not just the retrogemma] but every reduces it down to the one).
And the Waminoa sp.
I've never seen the waminoa to take a picture of them.... the retros are much more popular. I wuld pay money for some waminoas.
And I love talking about critters.
how can you tell the difference? Coloring?
How can the retros be more popular? Did you mean more common? That was a picture of the retro?
cranberry
Active Member
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2760899
how can you tell the difference? Coloring?
How can the retros be more popular? Did you mean more common? That was a picture of the retro?
Yes I meant more common... poor choice of words. They tend to get to plaque porportions... that is their main fault. They can cover entire surfaces and block light and oxygen from the coral. (it's also been said that they do this to cause the coral to die and expell it's zooanthella so they can consume it... but I really think that is more with the waminoa. They really wrap themselves tight to the coral from pictures I've seen.
The retros are honestly not that bad.... I had a tank full and I let them run their course. There is not one in there now.
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2760899
That was a picture of the retro?
That last pic is a retro.
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2760899
how can you tell the difference? Coloring?
Beween which 2?
http:///forum/post/2760899
how can you tell the difference? Coloring?
How can the retros be more popular? Did you mean more common? That was a picture of the retro?
Yes I meant more common... poor choice of words. They tend to get to plaque porportions... that is their main fault. They can cover entire surfaces and block light and oxygen from the coral. (it's also been said that they do this to cause the coral to die and expell it's zooanthella so they can consume it... but I really think that is more with the waminoa. They really wrap themselves tight to the coral from pictures I've seen.
The retros are honestly not that bad.... I had a tank full and I let them run their course. There is not one in there now.
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2760899
That was a picture of the retro?
That last pic is a retro.
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2760899
how can you tell the difference? Coloring?
Beween which 2?
socal57che
Active Member
Originally Posted by stdreb27
http:///forum/post/2760602
Does anyone have a picture of a flat worm?
And what do they go after?
This guy seems like a seaslug/flatworm nerd.
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/
I'd contact him if I were you. Then run back here and tell us what he says!
http:///forum/post/2760602
Does anyone have a picture of a flat worm?
And what do they go after?
This guy seems like a seaslug/flatworm nerd.
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/
I'd contact him if I were you. Then run back here and tell us what he says!
stdreb27
Active Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760918
Yes I meant more common... poor choice of words. They tend to get to plaque porportions... that is their main fault. They can cover entire surfaces and block light and oxygen from the coral. (it's also been said that they do this to cause the coral to die and expell it's zooanthella so they can consume it... but I really think that is more with the waminoa. They really wrap themselves tight to the coral from pictures I've seen.
The retros are honestly not that bad.... I had a tank full and I let them run their course. There is not one in there now.
That last pic is a retro.
Beween which 2?
The retro and the other ones that you said were not a problem.
http:///forum/post/2760918
Yes I meant more common... poor choice of words. They tend to get to plaque porportions... that is their main fault. They can cover entire surfaces and block light and oxygen from the coral. (it's also been said that they do this to cause the coral to die and expell it's zooanthella so they can consume it... but I really think that is more with the waminoa. They really wrap themselves tight to the coral from pictures I've seen.
The retros are honestly not that bad.... I had a tank full and I let them run their course. There is not one in there now.
That last pic is a retro.
Beween which 2?
The retro and the other ones that you said were not a problem.
rebelprettyboy
Active Member
Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/2760977
The Waminoas don't have the redness and are shaped like a pumpkin.
And if anyone has some Waminoa sp, I will pay you for some!!!!!
lol out lookin for more of the things no one wants!
http:///forum/post/2760977
The Waminoas don't have the redness and are shaped like a pumpkin.
And if anyone has some Waminoa sp, I will pay you for some!!!!!
lol out lookin for more of the things no one wants!