Polyclad egg and worm pictures for anyone interested. These are the devil.

[cpschult]

Burn with fire or prazipro if found.

 

[Mike_J]

I found a large one of these suckers in my tank last year. I finally had an explanation as to why I was losing so many snails so fast. :mad:

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Awesome info thanks!

@Lionfish Lair an interesting tidbit.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Oh wow! I haven't seen those before!

 

[ReefQueen]

@Wiz would probably be interested in this also

 

[Sabellafella]

Awesome info thanks!

@Lionfish Lair an interesting tidbit.

Beat me too it =)

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I've got a really stron stomach for the strange and usually a passion too. But these guys really freak me out.
Maybe I saw the original The Blob movie to young.

If you've never seen them move it's unreal.

 

[Rick.45cal]

I've got a really stron stomach for the strange and usually a passion too. But these guys really freak me out.
Maybe I saw the original The Blob movie to young.

If you've never seen them move it's unreal.

I'll prefer to take your word for it! I want nothing to do with those buggers!

 

[cpschult]

I've found a few in my 125g, pretty sure they came in on some small clams I got from LA. Friend discovered prazi dips will melt in about 15 minutes @lakereef .

Took out two 5" clams I had as well as the small clams I bought.

I've found them on some soft corals, first time I've seen eggs through. Nasty nasty predator.

 

[Wiz]

Pretty cool. It amazes me all we find. I love it. Most of the time ;-)

 

[cpschult]

Pretty cool. It amazes me all we find. I love it. Most of the time ;-)

I've got some polyclad eggs if you want to start a predator tank Just found those today when checking fraga for aptasia. To many pests in this hobby!!!!!!

 

[Wiz]

I appreciate it. But it is too hard to keep these guys contained. I don't dare try. Lol

 

[Elementalj]

I'll prefer to take your word for it! I want nothing to do with those buggers!

I'm sure we could find a restaurant locally that'll fry them up! [emoji6][emoji41][emoji1611]

 

[Stunna]

Can't say I have ever seen anything like that in my tanks before!

 

[Thoms_here]

Here's some general info about these and others. http://www.mesa.edu.au/marine_worms/marine_worms01.asp

Good luck with getting rid of those.

 

[Thoms_here]

Lol. "All turbellarians are hermaphrodites, having both female and male reproductive organs, and fertilize eggs internally by copulating. Some of the larger aquatic species mate by "p***s fencing", a duel in which each tries to fertilize the other, and the loser adopts the female role of developing the eggs. In most species "miniature adults" emerge when the eggs hatch, but a few large species produce plankton-like larvae."

Sorry, the teenager in me just came out..lol

 

[Elementalj]

Lol. "All turbellarians are hermaphrodites, having both female and male reproductive organs, and fertilize eggs internally by copulating. Some of the larger aquatic species mate by "p***s fencing", a duel in which each tries to fertilize the other, and the loser adopts the female role of developing the eggs. In most species "miniature adults" emerge when the eggs hatch, but a few large species produce plankton-like larvae."

Sorry, the teenager in me just came out..lol

Ha!

 

[cpschult]

Was taking down a frag tank that shares a sump with the display where I found the above pictures and found at least 6 more polyclads. Not sure how they got to this tank. Check out white AND brown set of eggs.

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Great pictures! The difference in the egg color could be due to differing developmental stages. Cool.

 

[erinmegan85]

I have a large one of these in my 14 gallon tank and I have yet to catch and get it out. Seems to be living in the rock that is at the bottom of my scape. (Of course) I've only seen it one time and I'm kicking myself for not getting it out of the tank then. I haven't seen any babies or eggs, but I'm assuming that this one is probably not the only one in there. My tanks has been up and running since February and I only saw it the one time. I'm 99.9% mine came in with the live rock I purchased. I have a video posted of mine. If anyone's interested in seeing it I can post the link. They are so freaky when they move and they are fast too!