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Offline Blazinreef

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What is it??
« on: August 05, 2014, 16:56:15 »
Bottom right of the picture with the U shaped back
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Firefighting:  How hard can it be?  You just put the wet stuff on the red stuff right?

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Offline Twizted1

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2014, 17:45:25 »
Flatworm.
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Offline Wall_Tank

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2014, 19:17:32 »
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Being on the glass, it is probably harmless.   
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Offline vickiwilson

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2014, 10:59:11 »
Get some flatworm exit, you do not want a population explosion trust me on this!  Oh and maybe siphon out any you see on the glass, where there's one there's more.
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Offline SapperChris

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2014, 12:33:59 »
Yep. Nasty little things.
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Offline Steve

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2014, 12:45:32 »
Not all flatworms are created equal. That doesn't look like the red/brown ones that take over a tank or an AEFW. Some are harmless and this one looks like one of those. Always best to make sure.
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Offline Steve

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2014, 12:48:14 »

Acoel Flatworms


There are many kinds of flatworms. These are harmless photosynthetic ones. Take note of the shape. This is a post from Ashlar's Reef diversity Bingo. Kinda looks like one of them, doesn't it.
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Offline lazylivin

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2014, 14:19:32 »
Acole flatworms exisit in almost every coral reef tank. They are just so small folks don't usually notice them. I think of them as part of my ecosystem. If they were Planaria flatworms that would be a diffrent story all together.
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Offline SapperChris

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2014, 14:20:09 »
Did not know that about not all flatworms being bad. Thanks for the info.
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Offline TroyReeF

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2014, 14:48:29 »
Great info!!
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Offline Blazinreef

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Re: What is it??
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2014, 17:21:55 »
So I need to get a better picture of them
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Firefighting:  How hard can it be?  You just put the wet stuff on the red stuff right?

57 Rimless SPS/LPS in the works

OLD:180g mixed reef, 60g sump, 2 30g frag tanks, 30g macro algae tank.  300g total system.
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