Dead anthias = giant flatworm!!!!

[Troylee]

Man I found my square back anthias dead this morning and when I scooped it out I found this giant flat worm about the size a quarter!!!! Any idea what it is??!! Arrrrrrrr...

 

[Troylee]

im not sure if it killed it or it was eating it after it died etc... scary looking man!!!!!! looks like a gigantic aefw!!!!! scared the crap out of me i got a sps reef lol....

 

[VegasRick]

Kinda looks like one I found last year. Someone ID'd it on another forum as a mollusk eating flatworm

 

[firsttime]

Its a flatworm that eats snails and clams. Get it out of your system

I dont think it killed your fish though.

 

[Paul_N]

It's a polyclad flatworm. It will decimate your snail population and clams. It most likely fed on the anthias after it died.

 

[Troylee]

That would explain all my nass snails gone... I always thought my cb butterfly ate them lol...

 

[ctxmonitor]

Wow, you baited this sucker out!! Wonder if you have more in there?

 

[Troylee]

don't know and i hope not.... i just scooped the anthias out and noticed my net looked funny like it plugged in place and upon further inspection i noticed it was a huge flat worm... i dont have any snails or clams thanks to my copperband or aptaisa for that matter lol.....

 

[Jerad]

Yeah, I would try to set up a trap for others... chances are, it isnt alone

 

[1Der9_3hy]

Wow, you baited this sucker out!! Wonder if you have more in there?

lol, yeah too bad them anthias aint cheap bait!

 

[Troylee]

Hmmm I wonder if silversides would work??? I know back when I had my stingray if he didn't eat them all my nitrates would sky rocket... Don't know if it's worth it... I have nothing left for them to eat no snails no clams etc.. Just corals and fish..

 

[peaces]

if it bleeds, we can kill it.

 

[kellerexpress]

I had a polyclad flatworm that wiped out about 30 snails. I had to tear down half my tank to catch it! Nasty little bugger! Mine was 4 inches long when spread out!