Long white flat worm ID

[AV corals]

I found this worm last week. I took him out because I just thought “flat worm” must be bad. However, I’ve been seeing more of them now and need to know friend or foe and if I have a bigger problem on my hands.

Any help or insight would be appreciated!

iPhone video of worm

 

[AV corals]

 

[exnisstech]

@ISpeakForTheSeas is good at IDs

 

[Tinnerito]

I found this worm last week. I took him out because I just thought “flat worm” must be bad. However, I’ve been seeing more of them now and need to know friend or foe and if I have a bigger problem on my hands.

Any help or insight would be appreciated!

iPhone video of worm

Looks rather similar to a planarian flatworm but also kind of different... bump!

 

[EnterName]

I'm quite bad at identifying flatworms, but this could be a Rhabdocoela?

The small ones around it are maybe just ghost flatworms. They are still a plague and eat copepods which is annoying.

Treatment might be challenging as it involves a lot of manual removal at first. I would keep a close eye on all corals, snails, and clams.

 

[AV corals]

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to reply! I've been looking through the forums, and some say to get a wrasse to help with flatworms; however, I have a snowflake eel. In terms of corals, I have hammers, torches, and acros, but they seem to be unharmed at this time.