Flatworm id help

[mushy coral]

My hammers been a bit off these few days and i did 3 dips recently and knocked off flatworms that look to be red planaria. The last dip was yesterday and as i thought i get rid of them completely, i woke up today just to see 2 more on my hammer polyps and a bunch of small flatworms crawling on the front glass. These got the similar shape with red planaria but with a white dot on the head. Are they the baby red planaria or another species of flatworm? Theyre on the bottom right in the vid. I dont have anyfish in tank and have a few lps, a shroom corner and 2 plate monties. Do these hurts the corals cause my donut seems bothered

 

[exnisstech]

I'm sorry I'm not seeing them in the video. Was the dipping done before or after the coral was placed in the display? If flat worms are in the display they will have to be removed with chemical methods or a natural predator. Removing and dipping the coral does nothing much to reduce the population in the tank. Once they're in the DT there are usually a lot more than people realize. I have them in my DT but my six line does a decent job keeping the population in check and I only see them on my mushrooms once in a while.

 

[mushy coral]

I'm sorry I'm not seeing them in the video. Was the dipping done before or after the coral was placed in the display? If flat worms are in the display they will have to be removed with chemical methods or a natural predator. Removing and dipping the coral does nothing much to reduce the population in the tank. Once they're in the DT there are usually a lot more than people realize. I have them in my DT but my six line does a decent job keeping the population in check and I only see them on my mushrooms once in a while.

all of my corals went through dipping process before put in the tank. My lates addition was a duncan frag, green monti frag and a single acan polyp all from one supplier. Before this there was no sign of any flatworm in my tank. Maybe the eggs were on that last coral batch. I really dont want to use chemical at all but im going to have a 5 days vacation next week so i dont want to get any fish either, also add a sixline first in the tank is not ideal at all. Any advice? Could I leave the tank with worms in for a week or it will turn all my corals into dead skeleton when i get back to home?

 

[exnisstech]

I get not wanting to use chemicals because I feel the same usually. But if you don't have fish chemical methods would be my choice. Maybe take a look at flat worm exit. Supposedly the only dangers are toxins being released from the dead worms is poisonous to fish.

 

[mushy coral]

I get not wanting to use chemicals because I feel the same usually. But if you don't have fish chemical methods would be my choice. Maybe take a look at flat worm exit. Supposedly the only dangers are toxins being released from the dead worms is poisonous to fish.

I was able to take a shoot on those small worms. The baby ones are roughly 20-25 on my front glass, 12-13 on the side glass and the other 2 side of the tank are with black background so i cannot estimate the number. Big ones not so much, so far the only i see is on this hammer. Using flatworm exit feels like a bit overkill so i think i will get a yellow coris on my way back home in next Friday and let it deal with the worms is this ok?

 

[exnisstech]

The ones on the glass look like they may be ghost flat worms which are harmless but I'm not great at IDing critters. Maybe take a look in the thread below and see what you think.

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[mushy coral]

The ones on the glass look like they may be ghost flat worms which are harmless but I'm not great at IDing critters. Maybe take a look in the thread below and see what you think.

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks alot! Very informative article. Im guessing base on the picture that the small ones on the glass either be the ghost flatworm or the alcoe, but the one on my hammer is the pumpkin flatworm and i think it may take me few more rounds of dipping to get rid of them. These guys been bothering my hammers and caused them bleach .

 

[exnisstech]

YW. Keep in mind if the coral are in the display dipping will only remove those pests on the coral not the ones in the tank. I can't help but think blowing or sucking them off the coral would be better than repeated dipping. Dipping can be stressful on coral.

 

[mushy coral]

YW. Keep in mind if the coral are in the display dipping will only remove those pests on the coral not the ones in the tank. I can't help but think blowing or sucking them off the coral would be better than repeated dipping. Dipping can be stressful on coral.

I do aware that dipping can cause stress but suck them off is not an option as i tried before and with stressful hammer sucking them would only make the polyp torn out. Havent try blow them off so i might give it a try but it cannot handle some worms that hide deep in the middle of the coral. I’ll try everything i can, hope I can make it till i find a pink streak wrasse to put in tank, sadly the LFS not having any right now