Large flat worm. Any ideas?

[TreeBeard.]

This Worm showed. its about an inch long and moves very quickly.

Its almost completely flat. i cant make out any real eye structures on it. any ideas?

 

[Crabs McJones]

Polyclad flatworm perhaps?
#reefsquad @KJ what so you think?

 

[DSC reef]

Possibly polyclad. Any other pics by chance?

 

[TreeBeard.]

Next time hes out and about i will see what i can get. he seems to hang at the top of the glass for a while.

 

[TreeBeard.]

Im almost thinking Rhabdocoela

 

[saltyhog]

I never saw my polyclad flatworm on the glass but it did look a lot like that. Mine was also almost completely nocturnal.

One hint, don't try to grab him with forceps or something like that or he will come apart. I learned the hard way. I used a turkey baster to suck him off the sand.

 

[SuperHaze57]

That’s what was on my glass also and infested my black Aussie torch. I must of got over a dozen out of my torch when I dipped it. I wouldn’t wait if I was you to get that out of my tank!

 

[HB AL]

That’s what was on my glass also and infested my black Aussie torch. I must of got over a dozen out of my torch when I dipped it. I wouldn’t wait if I was you to get that out of my tank!

Agree, dipped a torch and one like that came out along with a few smaller ones, it was to late for the torch.

 

[SuperHaze57]

Agree, dipped a torch and one like that came out along with a few smaller ones, it was to late for the torch.

My torch is looking a lot better today but not out of the woods yet. Time will tell

 

[TreeBeard.]

Boo! i have a touch dying as well! I pulled the worm out. What did you dip in Just fresh?

 

[SuperHaze57]

Boo! i have a touch dying as well! I pulled the worm out. What did you dip in Just fresh?

I used a product called reef dip I purchased at my lfs.

 

[SuperHaze57]

Got home last night and found another one on the glass

 

[TreeBeard.]

Oddly enough so did i! I sucked him out with a turkey baster.

 

[SuperHaze57]

Problem is I have no clue where the heck the’re coming from

 

[TreeBeard.]

I can confirm theses appear to eat Torch coral. I watched the 3 headed torch coral for a few day. Two heads had really looked bad. I had assumed it was the flow i put them it was to strong, however the 3rd looked ok. Then i saw a worm move into it and the entire head retracted. What ever these are they are bad news for torches. I pulled the entire thing out.

 

[HB AL]

Yup

 

[Micro-Reefs Aquarium]

I recently started a new 30 gallon reef with 30 lbs live rock and found this flat worm on my panel.

Can you ID me?

youtube.com

 

[Crabs McJones]

I recently started a new 30 gallon reef with 30 lbs live rock and found this flat worm on my panel.

Can you ID me?

youtube.com

Polyclad flatworm. Take it out

 

[Micro-Reefs Aquarium]

Polyclad flatworm. Take it out

I was able to siphon one and took it to my LFS to ID, they said it's a flat worm but not sure which one. So many of them that attack zoos and acros. This tank is going to host only Euphillia corals. I did come home with a Possom banded wrasse to help with the flat worms. I placed him in today.

 

[Micro-Reefs Aquarium]

Polyclad flatworm. Take it out

I saw another one larger, come out of the shell of my cerith snail, it ran to the rocks and I was baffled before I could react. Then next day the shell didn't move, I had added 15 snails. Well, I pulled out the shell and it smelled rotten, so I think that flat worm which was larger than the video one, came and attacked killed certh. My question is can I use Salifert Flatworm Exit? Will that kill the polyclad flatworm? My 30 gallon must have a lot since I got the rock 30 lbs of it from KPaquatics straight from the ocean. Let me know, thanks