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It’s looking like dead macro algae but difficult to tell from the pic. The only other thing I can associate it with, is maybe some type of nudibranch. Is it alive?
 

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It’s looking like dead macro algae but difficult to tell from the pic. The only other thing I can associate it with, is maybe some type of nudibranch. Is it alive?
They are alive and multiplying like crazy. They must have hitchiked on the sea lettuce I bought recently. I washed some macro algeas in ro/di water and tons came out..
 

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I think they are brown flatworms.
Good news is they don't eat corals. Bad news is I have like hundreds of them.. time for a massacre :)
 

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Don't underestimate treating for these. Siphon out as much as you can, and if you think you got as much as you can, do it again. They are very toxic when they die. Flatworm Exit works very well but make sure to have as much water ready for a WC as possible. Even better if you can treat the rocks outside of the tank first.
 

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Don't underestimate treating for these. Siphon out as much as you can, and if you think you got as much as you can, do it again. They are very toxic when they die. Flatworm Exit works very well but make sure to have as much water ready for a WC as possible. Even better if you can treat the rocks outside of the tank first.
Thanks for the pointer! Lots of work ahead of me :(
 
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If you have room to introduce another tank mate, I recommend a melanurus wrasse & they are reef safe. Melanurus wrasse are great at hunting down those types of pest without the use of harmful medications or removal of structures where you run the risk of seriously removing beneficial biological organisms that will cause a serious fluctuation within the water chemistry. That’s my 2 cents. Good luck.
 

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If you have room to introduce another tank mate, I recommend a melanurus wrasse & they are reef safe. Melanurus wrasse are great at hunting down those types of pest without the use of harmful medications or removal of structures where you run the risk of seriously removing beneficial biological organisms that will cause a serious fluctuation within the water chemistry. That’s my 2 cents. Good luck.
Cool thanks!
I have 2 leopards and 1 yello coris wrasses. Will be looking for melanurus wrasse as well
 
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+1 on the melanarus wrasse. Had flatworms getting rough in my old 70g macro tank. Melanarus was cheap, effective, and got along great with my solar and leopard wrasses.
(just realized this thread is months old... whoops :D )
 

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+1 on the melanarus wrasse. Had flatworms getting rough in my old 70g macro tank. Melanarus was cheap, effective, and got along great with my solar and leopard wrasses.
(just realized this thread is months old... whoops :D )
Lol thanks for the 2 cents.. I added 3 wrasses since then... ended up dumping the whole sea lettuce anyway..lol.. why bothers

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