help with algae and flatworms

[nyshoots]

Worm ID and help please

I recently started using nopox to try and battle a long standing hair algae problem. I have tried all other recommended fixes but couldn't get rid of the problem even when testing near perfect water conditions. So after a week of nopox the algae started to die off and yester day I pulled out cups worth of nasty dying algae with kind of made a mess in my tank.

When I got up to look at the tank this morning I noticed that the algae that's left is still dying off which is good but my corals aren't looking so great ( some zoas closed, acros look a little pale ) I also found a ton of what I think are flat worms all over the glass which I have never seen in my tank before and some kind of red worms there are pics of both attached to the post underneath.

Do you guys know what kind of worms they are and do you know if this outbreak could have anything to do with the algae dying off suddenly or the use of red sea nopox ?

 

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[nyshoots]

 

[Euroreefer]

Im not sure what the first pic is but the 2nd are flatworms, and the last is really bad hair algea. Are you using RO/ DI water? in the first pic, are there more than 1 of those things?

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

Malanarus wrasse will handle the flatworms as well as springeri damsels !!

 

[nyshoots]

I already have a mystery wrasse and a percula in that tank, its only 28 gallons too small to put in another wrasse I think.

I have a good amount of those red worms as well as the flat worms. The red ones all disappeared as soon as the lights came on.

 

[nyshoots]

My whole tank looked like that for months I can't figure it out ? I use rodi wich I tested and my local shop tested at 0 and all my tank water tests out at ultra low ranges. I only have two fish and I only feed pellets every other day now.

 

[Euroreefer]

The live rock you used was full of nitrate and Phosphate if your getting algea like that. I would try and sell the mystery and get a melanurus, I have a melanurus and he eats anything and everything. Another option is flatworm exit, but there is a long process for that. Maybe one of the corals you picked up had these pests and now they have spread.

 

[marklugo23]

scooter blenny worked for me and also for my dad, i got a big one though. i dont know what that first picture is but that flatworm doesnt harm the corals. it steals food from them and ultimately it dies, but youll have some time to take care of it.