is this a flatworm?

[t34418l3fit]

is this a type of flatworm? if so are they bad?http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/t34418l3fit/Picture128.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/t34418l3fit/Picture127.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e35/t34418l3fit/Picture126.jpg
these are the best photos i could get

[narow37]

yes and you want to get rid of it but from the looks of it you already have it in a QT tank.

[t34418l3fit]

actually its just in a film box and unfortionately theres one about 5 times bigger in my display. SO THE HUNT IS ON.......!!!!!!

[CrystalAZ]

I had one of those but haven't seen it in forever. It is a polyclad flatworm. They supposedly can eat snails, but I never had anything disappear and the flatworm was about 5" long!!

Crystal

[t34418l3fit]

HAHA, I FOUND THIS GUY WRAPPED AROUND A SNAIL AND THEY HAVE BEEN DYING OUT FOR SOME REASON. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY JUST ABANDONED THERE SHELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TANK. AT LEAST I NOW KNOW THE CAUSE.

[CrystalAZ]

LOL! Guess that explains that! :D

Crystal

[eric's reef]

hey were the lights on when you found it? i wonder if you got it from the polyp rock i gave you, cause theres about a 6" one in my overflow that i've seen twice. also theres a similar one in my 40. eric

[sloshesv]

Exterminate with extreme prejudice.

[t34418l3fit]

the lights were off when i found the one in the picture. and the bigger one i saw the other day spread across a small pile of snail shells i hid behind a rock. it looked like a moving carpet!

[bjonesjr1]

Here is a good website for Marine Flatworms, very interesting...

MarineFlatworms.com (http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/index.html)

Hope this can help someone later on... :D :D :D

[t34418l3fit]

sweet website. i think this is my guy...
http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flat0526.html
so far that was the closest image i could find of it.

[bjonesjr1]

Glad you liked the site, I have found it to be very informative :D :D :D