Weird ghost shaped things

germs101 · Mar 31, 2017

I've never seen these before. They are rounded at the top and two points on the other end. Are these copepod? They don't look like the kind I've seen.

3mm3 · Mar 31, 2017

Hard to see but might be flatworm

http://www.melevsreef.com/critters/benign-flatworm

fragit · Mar 31, 2017

Looks like a flat worm @Lionfish Lair can help with an ID

Calla · Mar 31, 2017

If they look like this they are flatworms (good kind).

I recently learned this myself. [emoji1]

Hogan · Mar 31, 2017

Flatworm, those ones stay on the glass and don't harm anything, but they are annoying! (I have them in my tank) FYI, flatworm exit doesn't kill them. I've found the best them to keep them in check is a wrasse.

germs101 · Mar 31, 2017

Calla said:
If they look like this they are flatworms (good kind).

I recently learned this myself. [emoji1]

Looks like this! I couldn't zoom in any further [emoji6]

germs101 · Mar 31, 2017

Hogan said:
Flatworm, those ones stay on the glass and don't harm anything, but they are annoying! (I have them in my tank) FYI, flatworm exit doesn't kill them. I've found the best them to keep them in check is a wrasse.

It's a fishless tank, so I don't have that option. Anything else eat them?

KJ · Mar 31, 2017

Calla said:
If they look like this they are flatworms (good kind).

I recently learned this myself. [emoji1]

Ghost Flatworms (Amphiscolops).

Lionfish Lair · Mar 31, 2017

Actually, those aren't the "innocent" ones. They're just regular ole flatties.

ncaldwell · Mar 31, 2017

My wife has them in her tank, without the option of getting a fish to eat them they've started to become a plaque

Lionfish Lair · Mar 31, 2017

The good thing is they aren't Convolutriloba and they aren't Waminoa. Not that a couple of those are an issue either, but most of us have benign little flatworms and don't even know it. I sucked some water from under my sandbed a few months back and you could see a couple. They still haven't shown themselves in the tank, besides under the microscope.

germs101 · Mar 31, 2017

Lionfish Lair said:
The good thing is they aren't Convolutriloba and they aren't Waminoa. Not that a couple of those are an issue either, but most of us have benign little flatworms and don't even know it. I sucked some water from under my sandbed a few months back and you could see a couple. They still haven't shown themselves in the tank, besides under the microscope.

This is my opportunity to Nuke them before transferring them to my display. Will they become an issue or just more fish food [emoji6]