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wdt2000
10/12/2009, 01:18 PM
Lots of these in my refuge.
http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu107/bayleybrown/FL3.jpg

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu107/bayleybrown/FL2.jpg
SBGRAD24
10/12/2009, 01:48 PM
I have those in my refugium too. I'm pretty sure they are a relatively harmless copepod-eating flatworm.
Blown 346
10/12/2009, 02:20 PM
I wouldnt want them in my tank. I would remove them if you can. They multiply faster than rabbits. They also have the ability to damage corals.
greenbean36191
10/12/2009, 03:35 PM
They're fine. They're one of the many acoel flatworms that occasionally show up in our tanks. They're NOT the infamous red "planaria" and do not multiply like they do.
Peter Eichler
10/12/2009, 03:50 PM
They're fine. They're one of the many acoel flatworms that occasionally show up in our tanks. They're NOT the infamous red "planaria" and do not multiply like they do.

I second what greenbean says, harmless and populations stay small.
wdt2000
10/12/2009, 05:37 PM
Thanks for the input. I will let them be.