HELP IDENTIFYING PARASITE AND TREATMENT

[bugiguy]

Team, I need help identifying the parasite in the picture below. Originally this looked like discoloration on my cabbage coral, but once I touched the spots with tongs they moved and crawled around. I'm only spotting these things on the cabbage. Any help identifying and eradicating these guys would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[jasonb87]

Looks like flat worms to me. Syphon them out and use some flatworm exit.
I think there is some wrasses that will eat them aswell

 

[Tahoe61]

Yes that would be flatworms agree with above, you have to remove as many manually prior to treatment with FW exit, flatworm release a toxin upon death that can crash a tank.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

http://www.melevsreef.com/node/651
melev's article

 

[nwayne567]

Yea I used flatworm exit, works like magic. Use a rubber tube to suck as many as you can out. Use the flatworm exit as directed and within minutes they are all dead. Get carbon ready though because when they die they are very poisonous!!! You probably have to treat a few times though cause it doesn't kill the eggs

 

[Coastie Reefer]

Not to beat a dead horse but definitely flatworms. I Absolutely HATE those things!!! Once they get in it's hard to get rid of all of them...

 

[bugiguy]

Thanks guys! The article is perfect!

 

[Robink]

and get a melanarus wrasse... he will eat whatever you can't get out.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

and get a melanarus wrasse... he will eat whatever you can't get out.

yea, my fish population keeps them out of the dt. the sump pop is a bit higher lately. Ive been cleaning and feeding harder though.