flatworms

[classklown90]

I found a few flatworms in the sump..they are brownish and the tail is split but i do not see a red dot like is shown on the computer. please tell me these are not AEFW. I have suctioned all of the visible ones out

 

[bullysam]

acoel flatworms?

 

[classklown90]

im hoping. what do AEFW look like

 

[diploria lab]

the split tail gives it away that they are the photosynthetic planaria,,no worries get a small wrasse and siphon out the ones you see.

 

[Chameleon]

like an acro with the light shining through. if you look closely at some acros you will see vein like lines. AEFW mimic these lines and look a lot like acro skin. they are also mostly transparent helping them match the color of the acro

 

[diploria lab]

aefw are small clearish brown and mimic the skin of an acro very well and usually do not leave a colony,,,,unless its for another colony

 

[classklown90]

Awesome im so relieved. I've found them only in my sump where there is obviously no acros and they are brown and have split tails. I do not want to add a wrasse as it's only a 40b and I don't have room for anymore fish. I siphoned out almost if not all of them. Do you think I will be okay?

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[Chameleon]

yep most are harmless anyway...you should be good to go!

 

[YVR]

I have used FlatwormXit in the past to help clear them up when I found some a few years ago. But to help prevent an infestation of flatworms, I dip all my new corals in an iodine bath like Tropic Marin Pro Coral Cure before introducing them into my tank. Understandably I get a bit paranoid about introducing things like flatworms into my display tanks.

 

[ckozma]

Flatworm eXit will kill them and not hurt anything in the tank, especially if you have low numbers of them. Just do a 5g water change an hour or two after. Its pretty much harmless unless you have a huge population of flat worms.

 

[MGoers]

Flatworm exit works, but may not kill them permanently. Worth a try at least. Get a six line wrasse also, but be aware it will eat everything else down there too!