Help identifying worms/bugs?

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Hi!!

Guys I need your help, a couple of days ago, I noticed tiny things in my tank, I do not know if they are worms, bugs, or what they are, but I know there are tons of them.

And I do not know if they could be harmful or not to the reef.

So I was wondering if any of you guys can identify this, I took a couple of pictures of one of them with a digital microscope, here are the pictures.

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Not good. These look like Red Planaria Convolutriloba retrogemma


Siphon as many as you can out. Flat Worm Exit will kill them but they are toxic. Use GAC to neutralize

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Not really an emergency - you may want to change that.

Those are flatworms - get a six line wrasse and, as others have said, suck them it where possible
 
Thanks guys for your response!!!

Really thankful for the help

I will vacuum some of them and buy flatworm exit
 

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