Should I worry about Acoel Flatworms?
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Topic: Should I worry about Acoel Flatworms?
Posted By: Crzyfshguy
Subject: Should I worry about Acoel Flatworms?
Date Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:00am
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I noticed a few dozen flatworms on my glass tonight. I freaked out and googled flatworms and read page after page about these. From what I have gathered they are harmless, and If I reduce feeding in the tank they will go away. What do you guys think? I have not seen them on any corals yet but they are quite tiny and clear, so who knows. I found this image of them on google....  ------------- 45G w/ leds 15G sump MP10es |
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Posted By: SGH360
Date Posted: November 10 2010 at 12:22am
| i used to have these guys, they did not harm anything, most of them hang out on the HOB overflow and on aquarium glass. They dont look cool i tell you that, the only reason i got rid of them is i got Planaria Flatworms the bad ones and had to kill them. FWE will kill them, Sixline Wrasse will keep them under control. If they are rust color kill them, these guys are optional. You can increase the water flow on coral so they can have hard time reaching them |
Posted By: MadReefer
Date Posted: November 10 2010 at 1:47am
| I've seen these and never seen them be a problem. Like hydroid jellyfish, more common in new systems. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: November 10 2010 at 6:53am
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There are only a few organisms that should concern us and these are not one of them.
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Posted By: davser
Date Posted: November 11 2010 at 9:28pm
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these things are so cool they look like plankton from spongebob ------------- It's not about what you know but about who you know |