Pest identification
 

I have a ton of these little orange things in the tank now. I think they may have been a hitch hiker of some kind but they seem to be eating my bubble coral. Any ideas as to what they are and how to get rid of them? The tank is a 6 gallon JBJ.

thanks!

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welcome to the world of flatworms! not good.

Really sucks but I would have to sat that you have flat worms. I have never had them luckily so far so I don't know what to tell you what to do. There are a few fish that I think will eat them, thinking that a Checker Board Wrasse will but will get to big for you tank quickly.

I would usually say wrasse but the size of tank i would recommend asking more experienced users on flatworm exit. I have never used it but hear it works well. I would highly recommend dipping everything you add new to your tank and if possible to remove any corals now give them a good dip.

I think you are on the right track with the Flatworm Exit BT, with this small a tank it might be really easy to do & definitely a dip for your coral is a must.

dip as in fresh water dip?

Not a freshwater dip. Use a product like Coral RX on new coral purchases to rid them of unwanted hitchhikers like these.

ok, thanks. My corals are all epoxied down so unless i can get soething that eats flat worms...I'm hooped :sad:

Run over to J&L and grab some flat worm exit

I have tried everything in the past and this is the only thing that works. I even bought 3 blue velet nudibranchs only to enjoy them for 1 hour before they disappeared.

Now the trick to using flat worm exit is to do a dose every couple of days for a week. After your first dose you won't see them for a couple of days and think they are gone only to have the little buggers pop up again.

On your first dose make sure you try to get as many out as by first syphoning the tank. After that, put a filter sock on your drain and use 1 & 1/2 of the reccomended dosage (found that using a wee bit of a stronger dose worked better). This is when you will see the little guys let go of the rocks and start floating around in the tank. Let the tank run for a few hours and take the filter sock off the drain and rinse it off. Wait 2 days, dose again, than 2 more days, and finally 2 more days. after this you should be clear of all flat worms.

I had same issue , and the Red Scooter Blenny eat them all in lest than a week!
Go get one from J&L , they eat frozen shrimp as well.