Found this in the filter... Help b4 I flush

I found this on the last stage on my filter tonight and currently have it in tupperware. Here is is crawling on the side of the container. It has released itself once or twice and resembles something like a neudbrae (sp) looking for a place to land. Keep or flush?



edit: here is another shot:

 

looks similar to a lettuce nudibranch, i would keep it!! great find.

 

You SURE? If I release it it'll be gone! I am amazed that it got in the filter and through 3 stages of foam and other media. It's more of a crawler than a swimmer, it's almost transparent when crawling (almost paper thin), with a thicker center "conduit" down the center. This is almost 3" long and close to 1" wide

 

google "image" Lettuce Nudibranch and see what you come up with, looks awfully similar.

 

Well, .... Maybe..

 

huh?? if it was me i would keep it, what type of system are you running? reef, fish only... yada yada yada.

 

12G Nano, pollips, mushrooms, emerald crab, yellow damsel, yada-yada.. I am still amazed where it got in the filter

 

LOL that's a polyclad flatworm, specifically the Pericelis species that eats snails and clams. I think I'd flush it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpkKkkRdcSg

Cheers,


Don

 

i would keep it. if you only have a 12 gallon it shouldn't be that hard to catch if its a problem



also do not eat it its flatworms may be posionous

 

Looks like a flatworm to me - you can prob keep it, but it will eventually die anyway as you can not meet its dietry requirements

http://lh5.ggpht.com/ronyeo/R9UzPMCfvkI/AAAAAAAADh8/ht6yrVhqqo4/09flatworm.jpg