Flatworm Infestation – P365 Mar08
These hideous creatures are a huge pest in our marine aquarium. They are called flatworms and they have overrun our tank.
They must have come in to our tank from a bought coral, and found the conditions to their liking. They are in huge numbers, and any exposed surface is about 30% covered by them. On three seperate occasions we’ve poisoned them and syphoned out all that we could see, but within a month they’re back to the same population level. We hate them, they make the tank ugly and we have no idea how to get rid of them… :(
Oh eeeeewwwww! The top picture looks like something from a creepy sci-fi monster movie. “Attack of the Killer Flatworms.”
That could make a really strange and creepy wallpaper for your monitor.
You definetely have to get this situation under control.
Strange and remarkable creatures aren’t they? I should mention that they’re only about 2-4mm long, so very small. We plan to get them under control, but I suspect it will involve some moderately intense and regular maintainence – sucking them out via syphon as a part of a more regular water change regimine.
six line wrasses are suppose to eat them … might wanna think about those??