pest id help flat worms?

[iretthepirate]

Found these in 10gal on glass. Are these tiny flat worms? Will they eat my coral? How I get rid of them. Thanks

 

[Squishie89]

From the looks of it, those are just annoying eye sore flatworms. LionfishLair.com - Hitchhiker Guide to your Aquarium Scroll down to the Acoel flatworms. I have them and I just sort of had to get used to them being there. I have never seen them eating anything.

Here is a micro photo of mine

 

[Kano]

Flatworms Page 1 and page 3 shows a few of the fish that can eat them. I had a 6line that got rid of my problem. A lot of wrasses have the potential to eat them but you have a good chance of success with them. In a ten gallon tank I'd go with a small canary wrasse and trade back later. You can also use flatworm exit. I've used it to some success as well. It can be used relatively safely in any system.

 

[NanaReefer]

Personally I'd leave em be. Harmless algae eaters that will go away as their food source diminishes.

 

[mfinn]

Personally I'd leave em be. Harmless algae eaters that will go away as their food source diminishes.

I don't freak out when I see a few of them, but while they don't seem to eat corals, they can grow into a big problem.
I've seen a tank where they grew into a plague and were starting to affect corals by covering them.

As stated they will ebb and flow as the food source goes.
Control their food and you can control them without using chemicals.

 

[NanaReefer]

I would be concerned if they were the Red Planaria. But these lil white ones seem to come & go without harm to corals.

 

[iretthepirate]

Cool thanks everyone good to know they won't eat my coral. If only they were big enough for my mantis to eat lol