Tiny brown flatworms

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I have noticed these tiny flatworms scooting around on my glass and a few on my rock as well. they are about a millimeter long and don't seem to be on any of my coral.

I have looked through a few other posts and some flatworm id and found some similar looking pictures, however I haven't found much on whether they are a harmless or a pest. Has anyone else encountered them before?

The plan for now is to pick up and quarantine a wrasse to snack on them.

 

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Appears to be Convolutriloba flatworm. They don't eat corals but do eat pods.
 
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Appears to be Convolutriloba flatworm. They don't eat corals but do eat pods.
Thanks for the ID!

I do usually have tons of tiny pods on the glass. They must be hunting them.

I suppose a wrasse would eat both the flatworms and pods.
 

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