little bugs eatting coral

Question
there are lil bugs eating my coral i can see them and they
are not pods. they look kinda hard to say what they look
like almost like fat fleas

Answer
Yea, there are little bugs called flat worms.

Not all flat worms are bad though.  They could be Planaria, Convolutriloba retrogemma, or some other 'cousin'.  Or Oceola, (I think that is the correct species)

There are sevearl products out there, "Flat Wrom Exit' is one of them. There are some natural ways of getting rid of them as well. Some Sea Slugs species feeds on these little buggers...(Sea Slugs of the genus Chelidonura )

And there are some medications used by vets for other purposes, that us aquarists use for the erradication of these flatworms.  We call it 'Interceptor', but i am not sure what the actual medication is or how you could acquire it, other then asking your vet for it.

It is always best to make sure you know where you get all your corals and rocks from and to make sure you dip everything, no matter where it comes from... Most dipping techniues are not 100% but, I am sure you will see some critters fall off during this process so you will know what all was and maybe still is on the rocks and corals...

Good luck, and please let me know how things turn out for you.


Bill


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