Euphyllia Eating Flatworms?

[inktomi]

What kind of flatworms are these? They don't really look like the Euphyllia eating flatworms I've seen photos of - but they're only really on my Euphyllia - they don't congregate anywhere else in the tank.

I dipped this coral for 10 minutes in Coral Rx and hundreds of worms came off. They were on the flesh, on the tentacles, everywhere. I could not find any eggs though - and even today, two days after dipping, I've yet to see another on the coral.

Any ideas?

 

[taricha]

Waminoa maybe

 

[joseserrano]

Planaria

 

[Fishingandreefing]

These are the regular flatworms. The eating one I believe it’s translucent I think.

 

[inktomi]

Waminoa - yea. The regular flatworms. Interesting - the only place in the tank I could find them was on this single coral.

 

[Fishingandreefing]

Waminoa - yea. The regular flatworms. Interesting - the only place in the tank I could find them was on this single coral.

I had the same issue. Dip the coral and it was so fun to see those suckers flying off everywhere in the container.

 

[KJ]

What kind of flatworms are these? They don't really look like the Euphyllia eating flatworms I've seen photos of - but they're only really on my Euphyllia - they don't congregate anywhere else in the tank.

I dipped this coral for 10 minutes in Coral Rx and hundreds of worms came off. They were on the flesh, on the tentacles, everywhere. I could not find any eggs though - and even today, two days after dipping, I've yet to see another on the coral.

Any ideas?

Waminoa flatworms.

 

[Ross Petersen]

These seem ubiquitous on euphylia these days. To eradicate in full or manage? I have these on my euphylia in quarantine.

I do NOT believe they are restricted to euphylia, however.

Here’s one that came off a hammer today.