What is this? type of Nudi?
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Flatworm.....
haha Thanks guys...i just did a lookup on wwb and this what i got:
"Copepod eating flatworms... harmless 8/28/04
Hi guys, Just a quick question. my tank has been set up for a little over a year now and has had its ups and downs. I was watching the tank when this odd creature passed my line of sight. I watched until it settled on a piece of LR and marked the spot with my flashlight. I got a syringe I use for testing the water and was able to suck it up. The pic attached here is of that syringe so you have a little bit of a size reference. I have no idea what this is or where I could start to look for information on it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Another size reference would be that it is about the size of a lower cased "i" at 10 font. Thanks again, Todd
<this creature is a harmless copepod eating flatworm. They wax and wane as copepod populations do. Most every aquarium has these critters. No worries
Anthony>
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....so i guess this flatworm is an ok...makes sense cause i do have a huge population of copepods
"Copepod eating flatworms... harmless 8/28/04
Hi guys, Just a quick question. my tank has been set up for a little over a year now and has had its ups and downs. I was watching the tank when this odd creature passed my line of sight. I watched until it settled on a piece of LR and marked the spot with my flashlight. I got a syringe I use for testing the water and was able to suck it up. The pic attached here is of that syringe so you have a little bit of a size reference. I have no idea what this is or where I could start to look for information on it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Another size reference would be that it is about the size of a lower cased "i" at 10 font. Thanks again, Todd
<this creature is a harmless copepod eating flatworm. They wax and wane as copepod populations do. Most every aquarium has these critters. No worries
Anthony>
....so i guess this flatworm is an ok...makes sense cause i do have a huge population of copepods
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WOW, talk about bad advice! Those guys will eventually take over the tank and be nothing but problems in the future.
What you found is a case of the blind leading the blind! :lol:
What you found is a case of the blind leading the blind! :lol:
froggiebunbun said:haha Thanks guys...i just did a lookup on wwb and this what i got:
"Copepod eating flatworms... harmless 8/28/04
Hi guys, Just a quick question. my tank has been set up for a little over a year now and has had its ups and downs. I was watching the tank when this odd creature passed my line of sight. I watched until it settled on a piece of LR and marked the spot with my flashlight. I got a syringe I use for testing the water and was able to suck it up. The pic attached here is of that syringe so you have a little bit of a size reference. I have no idea what this is or where I could start to look for information on it. Any help is greatly appreciated. Another size reference would be that it is about the size of a lower cased "i" at 10 font. Thanks again, Todd
<this creature is a harmless copepod eating flatworm. They wax and wane as copepod populations do. Most every aquarium has these critters. No worries
jenniebutterfly
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i have these ones. all they do is eat pods, and red flatworms. they will die out on their own. as long as you don't have millions you should be fine. i see 2 or three cruising my glass.
The debate on certain flatworms good or bad seems to be a constant issue.
More harm than good can occur with the use of some of these products if you read some of the other forums. I believe some flatworms are evitable like the pod eating kinds.
So guys, pod eating flatworms good or bad???
More harm than good can occur with the use of some of these products if you read some of the other forums. I believe some flatworms are evitable like the pod eating kinds.
So guys, pod eating flatworms good or bad???
- Location
- The Big City
Like Inline6 said do some reading up on Flatworm Exit on RC as depending on how many you have it could be be a problem to use it as when they die they release posion. Some flatworms don't cause any problems with corals but if they population gets large and then crashs you could have a problem.
I had them and they didn't do a think to any of my corals. I spihoned them out over time, wait until the lights are on fully as they like light, and then I have a wrasse that ate what was left.
I had them and they didn't do a think to any of my corals. I spihoned them out over time, wait until the lights are on fully as they like light, and then I have a wrasse that ate what was left.
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- The Big City
joe said:
Six line Wrasses are suppose to eat them but mine never did. I had a Twinspotted wrasse that did the job. It's always a gamble on these fish or invert eating some thing or not.
Green Wrasse are pretty but they are on large size.
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