Id Critter!! Scary Looking

[alexshefchik]

So I was feeding my chalices tonight and came across this guy!! He was under my new chalice! By far the biggest I have every seen, I think its just a flatworm. Heres a pic of just how big it was!!

 

[extremehobbyist]

holly sh** that thing is huge i think i saw a video of a flat worm on here that looked identical two days ago

 

[alexshefchik]

Yea I def. got freaked out!! I cant believe how fast they are!

 

[alexshefchik]

And this guy was in my 40 gallon Breeder tank, u think I would have noticed it sooner!

 

[Speg]

You sure that ain't some kind of bristleworm?

 

[alexshefchik]

I think so lol, It does not have any bristles its whole body is flat.

 

[Breakin Newz]

Looks like a overgrown acro flat worm..

 

[reef*freak]

Oooo man that a huge bi#*

 

[alexshefchik]

Hmm that would be really bad if it was an acro eating flatworm!!

 

[Oiseau Reefer]

Was it going after the food you were feeding your chalice??? What was it's behavior maybe it's a good scavenger to have!

 

[alexshefchik]

Not really it was underneath the chalice just chilling! I only saw like three tips of it and thought it was a whole bunch of flatworms and to my dismay it was this huge bugger!

 

[Troylee]

does look identical to a acro eating flatworm.... lol that would reek havoc if it was.....

 

[secretreefer]

man set up a 2 gallon nano for that beast!! crazy!

 

[alexshefchik]

Thinking about it lol!! Its in a tupperware bowl floating in my tank!! I really do not want to kill it though!

 

[Speg]

I think so lol, It does not have any bristles its whole body is flat.

Oh..those looked like bristles on the pic.

 

[bartur]

Melev's Reef - Visual Identification
Predatory flatworm

 

[alexshefchik]

Wow thanks man!! Good thing I found it since I do have quite a few clams!!

 

[Paul_N]

Good thing you got it out. I had a couple in my tank also. It wiped out several of my snails. At the time I had my clams up on the rocks and it hadn't made it up to them yet.