how do flat worms reproduce

[atblj5]

Do the eggs look like small white barnacles.

[Rjukan]

From what I have seen it looks like they split. Fission like. Ive read they can be hermaphrodites and impregnate themselves. The ends of them break off and split and each one becomes a new flatworm. They can also reproduce normally and "capsules" are excreted. I dont think there are any white barnacles involved :)

Rotten flatworms lol.

[Jerm77]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14427498#post14427498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by atblj5
Do the eggs look like small white barnacles.

do you currently see flatworms in your tank?

you could just have barnacles in your tank. or they could be a tube worm of some type.

[atblj5]

Yes I have these white barnacles, and it seems they are turning into flat worms. It looks like a new hatch a whole lot of them. On the glass and in my overflows. I will try and take pics.

[Tylt33]

They split, no eggs.

[Crustman]

There is no reason why they can't produce eggs. Other members of the Phylum produce quinone tanned eggs that are brown. They have a full complement of male and female reproductive organs but may be able to self or cross fertilize.

[Rjukan]

Take a look here (http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1451181). Those flatworms reproduced in that area for months and months, I never saw anything like what your describing :)

Hope that helps, its painful for me to even look at those pics lol.

[atblj5]

Well lets try this



http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/atblj5/P1110003.jpghttp://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/atblj5/P1110004.jpg

[xJake]

Those are just calcareous tube worms... Pileolaria spp.

Harmless.

[atblj5]

Are these flat worms ? Oh No hope not

[Rjukan]

yeah no flatworms there. I dont know what those are called but I have something similar to them in my sump. Ill be interested to hear what they are though!

*edit ^ cool thanks!

[atblj5]

Bad or good?

[atblj5]

Yes flat worms look at the little tan spots lots of them.

[xJake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14428148#post14428148 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by atblj5
Yes flat worms look at the little tan spots lots of them.

How did we go from "small white barnacles" to "tan spots"?

I'm confused.

[atblj5]

Look at the pic, white spots and small Tan,or Brown spots, is this all flat worms in variety of stages or what?

[xJake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14428241#post14428241 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by atblj5
Look at the pic, white spots and small Tan,or Brown spots, is this all flat worms in variety of stages or what?

That's like giving me a an aerial photo of a neighborhood and asking me to identify which houses are two stories...

We need a better photo...

[atblj5]

This is what flat worms look like, they are not six feet tall.

http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/atblj5/P1110004.jpg

[xJake]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14428307#post14428307 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by atblj5
This is what flat worms look like, they are not six feet tall.

http://i513.photobucket.com/albums/t337/atblj5/P1110004.jpg

Maybe I'm just going insane, but all I see is what I previously mentioned and maybe some green and red coralline algae (but it's really hard to tell).

Also I said I would need a BETTER photo, not the same one from a different angle. "Better" as in "more detail," as in, "close-up."

[Rjukan]

Lol, I have zoomed in and scanned around that pic and I'm having a very hard time finding any flatworms.
At any rate I can say without any doubt whatsoever that the white things on the glass in that pic are in no way related to flatworms.
The light brown dots look like the white ones but just slightly discolored. It really doesn't look like those are flatworms.
Hope that helps!

[thegrun]

how do flat worms reproduce?


Quickly!

[atblj5]

Ok what is this stuff?