WHAT IS THIS??!? I found two!!

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  1. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Polyclads are bad unfortunately. They like to munch on snails and I have seen some reports of them eating Euphyllia. They are very cool and move with lighting speed when they want to.
     
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  2. Seano Hermano

    Seano Hermano Giant Squid

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    I hadn't heard of flatworms eating snails before.
     
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  3. Corailline

    Corailline Super Moderator

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    It is a dry heat, yeah right !
    Polyclads can get much larger than your average flatworm. Basically they just envelop the entire snail, shell and all. The mechanism of death I am not sure about whether suffocation or a chemical release not sure.

    If you take a bowl and put a snail in it and a polyclad (done it) they will go after the snail quickly.
     
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  4. sharoleb

    sharoleb Bristle Worm

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    Suggestions for a plan of action? I have a Melanarus wrasse in the DT. Is there anything else that may eat them?
     
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  5. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    Agree, bad guy, need to remove.
     
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  6. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Way too large of a item for most wrasses to eat. When people talk about wrasses eating flatworms they are talking about 1/4" and under, not inches :)
     
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  7. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    You will need to do manual removal as you find them.
     
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  8. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    Yeah, manual removal, but try not to tear them. IIRC the fragments can grow into new ones.


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  9. sharoleb

    sharoleb Bristle Worm

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    Thanks everyone! My plan of action is to start stalking my tank at night! I've been told they don't reproduce very fast so that's good. I now think this may be why my two clams died, in a seemingly healthy tank w/ good test results. They both died within about a week of each other. SO SAD!
     
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  10. Magnett2

    Magnett2 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    I doubt thats an AEFW especially since yours is 3-4in
     
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