Help with ID

[exnisstech]

Found this fellow attached to the outside of my filter sock. It's pretty slimey. Didn't even know it was there till I felt it when I went to squeeze the water out. It's about 3 inches long and slithers around on its bottom. It's pretty flat and move surprisingly fast. And help with identifying it and whether it's good or bad?

 

[ChiCity]

yikes!

flatworms!!

specifically, polyclads

 

[4tanks]

Looks like an acro eating flatworm

 

[NashobaTek]

Bad flat worm!

 

[exnisstech]

dang. Thanks for the quick replies. It was in the first chamber of my sump. Have no idea where it came from but hopefully it's the only one. And I just spent 10 minutes getting it into a perferated container so it wouldn't die lol silly me.

 

[Benjammin]

Might be a slug. Just my 2 cents.

 

[Benjammin]

Never mind.

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[exnisstech]

Well I don't have any acros just LPS and softies but I think I'll dispose of it just to be safe even tho it is a pretty cool critter

 

[Benjammin]

Well I don't have any acros just LPS and softies but I think I'll dispose of it just to be safe even tho it is a pretty cool critter

I think it eats snails. CUC killer.

 

[exnisstech]

Yeah I read it eats inverts. Hopefully it's the only one. Kinda strange to find it as big as it is.. I haven't introduced anything new but then again I'm finding brittle stars and other critters in the sump. I think I have more interesting stuff going on in the sump than I do the DT lol

 

[NashobaTek]

Yeah I read it eats inverts. Hopefully it's the only one. Kinda strange to find it as big as it is.. I haven't introduced anything new but then again I'm finding brittle stars and other critters in the sump. I think I have more interesting stuff going on in the sump than I do the DT lol

Did you use live rock from gulf rock or one of the other ones

 

[exnisstech]

When I first started I bought live rock that came from off the coast of Puerto Rico. A guy used to put it out then harvest it after it was nice full of stuff. Heck it had a brittle start that came out and I thought it was a baby octopus. I was total salt water newb But that was maybe 6 oy 7? Years ago