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Kit with Cat 12-28-2011 01:37 AM

What are these weird looking things?!
 
They look like for lack of better words, huge amoebas. They have a reddish looking head, and rush out of the substrate at night, but you can still see them hanging around in the daytime.
I don't see any detrimental effects yet on any corals or fish, but it looks like its starting to be quite a few. Any thoughts?
Thanks!

Wayne 12-28-2011 02:13 AM

I can't see them :confused:

eli@fijireefrock.com 12-28-2011 02:15 AM

can't see them either:question:
http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/att...1&d=1325039733http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/att...0&d=1325039733

Kit with Cat 12-28-2011 02:54 AM

OH crap they are red planarias...flatworms? What do I do?!?!

Wayne 12-28-2011 02:58 AM

http://www.melevsreef.com/flatworms.html

BlueTang<3 12-28-2011 02:59 AM

Get a wrasse yellow coris or malenarius or Mandarin.

Kit with Cat 12-28-2011 03:15 AM

Thanks for the links and the advice so far! Really appreciate it!
I have just purchased a psychedelic mandarin...would that eat them? (I know its sorta like dependent on individual mandarin but I've only read that green mandarins will eat red planaria...is that true? Do I need to get a sixline wrasse?)
My reef tank setup:
running 8 months
90 Gallon
1 regal blue tang
2 false perculas
1 bicolor dottyback
1 psychedelic mandarin
1 blue spotted jawfish
1 diamond goby
2 cleaner shrimps
hermit crabs and snails, 1 x pompom crab, 1 x emerald crab 1 x tuxedo urchin

It just occured to me I have a refugium and that maybe where the red planaria are coming from? Should I get rid of it?
Thanks everyone!

Madreefer 12-28-2011 03:27 AM

No dont get rid of your refugium. As cool as 6 line wrasses are most of them turn in to huge wrasseholes as they get older. Bluetang gave you some good suggestions.

Kit with Cat 12-28-2011 03:31 AM

HAHA "wrasseholes"
Thanks for the advice all. That Melanurus Wrasse looks amazing...I'm asuming that's gonne become a wrassehole too? Too bad...so pretty!
I'm worried the yellow coris wrasse will not get along with Mr. Bicolor Dottyback...he's a real jerk to all the newcomers into the tank(though he's left the Mandarin alone)

Wayne 12-28-2011 03:34 AM

I know my 6 line wrasse can take car of himself against a much bigger tang. Plus hes faster too if he needs to run :lol:


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