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Identification What in the heck is growing on my glass, corals, etc. Not sure what it is? Post here and we'll see if we can figure it out!
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Old 09-02-2007, 06:55 PM
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OK so I know I need a photo of this too... we will work on it. Since I had my green algae bloom and it went a little overboard I have had the lights off. At night I sneak down and peek at the tank and see what new things I can find. So far its mostly been bristle worms no big deal, and some random little grey flea/shrimp like things. Anyway the other night I saw 2 of these weird white slug like creatures first time I had ever seen them. They move pretty darn fast and are maybe 1/2 inch long and 1/4 wide very thin almost transparent (think I could see their stomache or some internal organ) they had a 'V" shaped tail end and a rounded head/front. I will try to photo them when I see them again. They stay close to ground level just maybe an inch or so up on the glass. There is still nothing in the tank except the live rock and the Blue legged hermit. We are into our 3rd week of cycling seems like all the levels have finished but I am waiting for the algae to die off before I add our first fishes who are currently in the QT tank (2 locally bred in Portland, clownfish). So based on my rambling description what does anyone think this is and is it dangerous to a reeftank in the making?
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Old 09-02-2007, 07:40 PM
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Ok I think based on more searching these are white flatworms. So far I have only seen two? Should I kill them? most things I have read say that they are not harmful. But I would hate to find out the hard way.
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