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highpockets
01/06/2012, 06:13 PM
Found this in my filter sock. It is about the size of a half dollar piece and acts like a nudibranch. Any ideas? Is he cool to put back in tank or does he eat any corals?
http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu250/highpockets1234/Tank/DSC_3996.jpg
http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu250/highpockets1234/Tank/DSC_4001.jpg
Bluemon
01/06/2012, 06:47 PM
Its a flatworm.

Snail-eating Polyclad Flatworm

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/showthread.php?t=399510

It eats snails.

kill it. Flush it. Burn it.
highpockets
01/06/2012, 07:27 PM
Wow! The internet is still awesome. Thanks.
mndfreeze
01/06/2012, 11:56 PM
These seem to be the most common snail killing flatworm in reef systems. I never seem to see posts about any other type except these.
NanoReefWanabe
01/07/2012, 06:56 PM
can i have it?...LOL i need to clean up a colonista snail plague....
mndfreeze
01/07/2012, 09:16 PM
It would probably work, though I had one in my mantis tank that I could never catch and it would eat all of my trochus and astrea snails, ceriths and nerites but would not touch turbo snails. Or it couldn't kill them. So there is a possibility it only eats certain types of snails and won't touch colonistas. Especially with how small they are. :D