Unkown infestation

I have an infestation of these all over my tank... what are they?









Are they snail babies of some kind? They are a little unsightly and I am guessing an indication that I am feeding too much?

thanks for any help

 

Flatworms.

And yes you are probably feeding too much.

 

1+ flatworms check this thread out http://www.3reef.com/forums/id/baby-astaeas-112142.html

 

oh great...they are the red kind. What can I do? If they remain unchecked will it get exponentially worse?

 

Yes I have seen them get very bad and hang in there for a very long time.

For the Red Planari, read this link.

Melevsreef.com - Flatworms | How to eliminate them!

 

ok thanks, I will check it out

 

Man that sucks good luck getting rid of them.

 

this is the 2nd flatworm post today..... how do you keep from getting them?

 

You dip all your corals, and frags. Also know what your looking for and do a good visual inspection and do not buy from tanks that have obvious issues or dirty tanks.

 

yup those were my two mistakes... I bought coral from a dirty tank at my local LFS and I didn't dip them

Lesson learned, I think I will try to siphon as many out as I can over the next week and then treat it with flatworm exit. What a bummer, I am nervous because it is only a 10 gallon tank so the toxins will probably get high pretty fast.