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I have gotten a smaller infestation of these tiny worms. Is anyone able to ID them and say if they are a danger and perhaps give a treatment?

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Flatworms! Need flatworm eating fish like wrasse or chemical route/flatworm exit, but take care if using chemicals because of die-off from the sheer numbers.
 
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They look like Ghost Flatworm from post "What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers."
but never seeing them befor id like a second opinion and what to do?
This Tank got no fish or inverts in it just now after i lost my peacock mantis shrimp 1-2 months ago but a few mushroom corals and a duncen coral.


Flatworms! Need flatworm eating fish like wrasse or chemical route/flatworm exit, but take care if using chemicals because of die-off from the sheer numbers.

When you say chemicals, would something like "Flatworm RX" from blue life work or anything else specific?
 

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Sorry, I've only had to deal with a small outbreak of flatworms once. I added a leopard wrasse and they eventually disappeared. It was nothing close to the numbers you have though. Hopefully someone else with personal experience can chime in.
 

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They look like Ghost Flatworm from post "What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers."
but never seeing them befor id like a second opinion and what to do?
This Tank got no fish or inverts in it just now after i lost my peacock mantis shrimp 1-2 months ago but a few mushroom corals and a duncen coral.




When you say chemicals, would something like "Flatworm RX" from blue life work or anything else specific?
They are indeed ghost flatworms. They come in on macroalgae or other things you might have added to your tank. They eat copepods. They won't harm anything else. Chances are they'll disappear on their own. But I let them do that in the quarantine tank before I put new macros in my DT.
 
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They are indeed ghost flatworms. They come in on macroalgae or other things you might have added to your tank. They eat copepods. They won't harm anything else. Chances are they'll disappear on their own. But I let them do that in the quarantine tank before I put new macros in my DT.
That might esplanaden the explosive outbreak, had alot of copepods befor and now when i try ti find them i cant
 

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That might esplanaden the explosive outbreak, had alot of copepods befor and now when i try ti find them i cant
This is a great exploration. I just took some photos of the same on my glass and concur with 100% certainty they are flatworms. The most likely being ghost. Just to add some icing to the cake, I also had a robust population of copepods and now find none on my glass, especially around the sand bed as these worms has appeared since adding some new snails a week ago.
 

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I have gotten a smaller infestation of these tiny worms. Is anyone able to ID them and say if they are a danger and perhaps give a treatment?

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Thanks for any help!

Those are flatworms
 
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