What is THIS??

kathywithbirds · 08-03-2007, 07:06 PM

Mike discovered this thing in his tank, the 5g. It's sticking to the glass and moving pretty fast, searching for food it looks like.

Any ideas??

Boomer · 08-03-2007, 07:22 PM

It is a flat worm kath. As long as you don't get crap loads of them they are OK. As long as you don't touch them to make a that "thing" come out........................?

Flatworms
http://www.ronshimek.com/Animal%...0Flatworms.htm

kathywithbirds · 08-03-2007, 07:32 PM

Nah, he doesn't look like my type.

Dentoid · 08-03-2007, 07:36 PM

I had one of those in my 20. I sucked it out and threw it down the drain

AQTCJAK · 08-03-2007, 07:37 PM

Kathy check this out it is a good description of what you have in your tank

Flatworms

Dentoid · 08-03-2007, 07:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AQTCJAK

Kathy check this out it is a good description of what you have in your tank

Flatworms

Quote:

Acoel Flatworms: Simple, "gut-less", small worms... including the ones that "reproduce like rabbits" in reef tanks... best left alone... or selectively siphoned off (mainly) soft corals, out of reef systems...

From the above link. This quote is kind of ambigous. I guess you leave them if you don't have any soft coral and remove them if you do.

kathywithbirds · 08-03-2007, 07:59 PM

No corals. Actually, nothing at all in that tank, and we're pretty sure it's done cycling. There's coralline and various types of macro algae starting to grow, some green and some red. There's that guy in the pic and there's what looks like TONS of bristleworms.

Mike was thinking of getting a mantis shrimp to put in there (found a source of the green type that's smaller on liveaquaria.com). I'm thinking one of those wouldn't be bothered, but if he went with some sexy shrimp and a few zoos they'd be in trouble.

I'm seeing that peppermints eat the flatworms. Will one eat the bristleworms too?

AQTCJAK · 08-03-2007, 08:08 PM

Bristle worms aka fireworms are a species that a few reef fish will eat the green coris wrasse, sixline wrasse, menlaurus wrasse to name a few. Certain crabs ie the Arrow crab will eat them to however they will also take out small reef fish.

DrHank · 08-03-2007, 08:56 PM

Boy Kathy, aren't you lucky? You got all kinds of stuff with your rock. Sure you didn't get a Mantis shrimp too. Maybe Mike won't have to buy one!

kathywithbirds · 08-03-2007, 11:17 PM

This is the tank that has rock from Big Al's in PA. The stuff is so pretty it looks fake! have to get a decent pic of it.

seahorsedreams · 08-04-2007, 04:10 PM

These flatworms are awesome critters to watch and they do not reach plague populations like some do. They eat copepods.

Here's a pic of one of mine. You can see a belly full of pods and a little one escaping to the left.

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,749 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: What is THIS?? No corals. Actually, nothing at all in that tank, and we're pretty sure it's done cycling. There's coralline and various types of macro algae starting to grow, some green and some red. There's that guy in the pic and there's what looks like TONS of bristleworms. Mike was thinking of getting a mantis shrimp to put in there (found a source of the green type that's smaller on liveaquaria.com). I'm thinking one of those wouldn't be bothered, but if he went with some sexy shrimp and a few zoos they'd be in trouble. I'm seeing that peppermints eat the flatworms. Will one eat the bristleworms too? __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

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AQTCJAK Tiger Shark Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,131 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: What is THIS?? Bristle worms aka fireworms are a species that a few reef fish will eat the green coris wrasse, sixline wrasse, menlaurus wrasse to name a few. Certain crabs ie the Arrow crab will eat them to however they will also take out small reef fish.

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kathywithbirds Social Darwinism victim Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Hood, NJ Posts: 5,749 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: What is THIS?? This is the tank that has rock from Big Al's in PA. The stuff is so pretty it looks fake! have to get a decent pic of it. __________________ (\_/) (\__/) ( . .) (^.^) (")(") (> <) Bunny and Bunnina have worked things out. Bunny was mistaken after all, Bunnina was not having an affair. "Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials." ~Lin Yutang

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