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parkinsn 04-14-2009 04:22 PM

Help with ID please
 
What are the little red dots on this zoa? I got this from a fellow reefer and with all the flatworm's and bugs going around im a little concerned. Thanks for any help.

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/r...n/IMG_1435.jpg

J_T 04-14-2009 05:16 PM

Looks like flatworms to me.

Some wrasses will eat them, flatworm exit will help, but I find not totaly erradicate the problem.

parkinsn 04-14-2009 06:47 PM

just for size reference they are about the size of a pin head. I thought flatworms were bigger?

parkinsn 04-15-2009 02:18 PM

Anybody else?

aquatic_rice 04-15-2009 05:27 PM

try using a pippette and suck them off the rock. If you can they probably are flatworms. Do they ever move around?

I had a minor flatworm problem and bought a six-line wrasse and havnt seen any since. (seahorses eat em too)

Some can be pretty small like 1mm.

parkinsn 04-15-2009 06:00 PM

i will try that and see what happens. Thanks for the help thus far

JTaylor420 04-15-2009 10:32 PM

i have a six line for sale lol

JDigital 04-16-2009 02:19 AM

These are flatworms... Much larger than what you have by the looks of it. I still have flatworms in my tank, and none are as small as what you have there in your picture.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../redstuff3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3.../redstuff1.jpg

justinl 04-16-2009 05:49 AM

don't look like FW to me. suck a few out with a pipette and look really really closely. does it look like it has a clam-like bivalved shell? if so, you have ostracods... they're like a tiny shrimp in a shell. most of them are simple herbivores or detritivores.

msobon 04-16-2009 06:05 AM

I say to be safe give it a nice flatworm exit bath then give it an Iodine bath just as a pre-caution, you don't want any unwanted visitors spreading in your tank.


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