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I have these guys in my rocks near monti plates. All acros doing ok but my monti plates are not great so looked more closely, they look like a type of flatworm?


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Really hard to see... if you can't get better images, maybe you can describe how they behave/move? Are they fast? Are they slow? Do they move at all? Do they crawl along the container or do they actually swim through the water?

If you fear they are attacking your montipora plates you might want to check if you can see them actually sitting on or under the plates, where they could potentially cause harm. Maybe you will see more once the lights go dim/out. You could wait 1 hour past lights out and then check with a flashlight if there are more and if they start crawling onto your montis.
 
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Really hard to see... if you can't get better images, maybe you can describe how they behave/move? Are they fast? Are they slow? Do they move at all? Do they crawl along the container or do they actually swim through the water?

If you fear they are attacking your montipora plates you might want to check if you can see them actually sitting on or under the plates, where they could potentially cause harm. Maybe you will see more once the lights go dim/out. You could wait 1 hour past lights out and then check with a flashlight if there are more and if they start crawling onto your montis.
Thanks. I’ll catch more and see if I can get a better pic. They are small so difficult. They scoot along the surface like I’d assume a flatworm would. Maybe a type of planaria?
 

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