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    Posted: July 15 2006 at 9:46am
I was staring at my tank again this morning with a flashlight and I saw something that I have never seen before. I asked for help identifying it and I think we finally figured out what it is. A flatworm. I have planaria(plagues of them) so I know what those look like. This flat worm is about 1.5" wide, paper thin, and about 3 inches long. Here is the closest picture I could find online of what it looks like.



just thought that I would share my new discovery with you guys.
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for those interested it is some form of a Polyclad flatworm
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what the h%^^ are you doin' looking at your  aquarium with a flashlight early in the morning .  I thought that you would've gotten past the phase by now.
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I just added a blue velvet nudibranch and a flame angel so I was seeing if the nudibranch was doing his thing. I can't help it... I'm a fish nerd...
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Where did you get him?  Let us know how your nudibranch does.
 
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Very cool.  Keep us updated on the fight against flat worm.  It'd be great if velvet nudibranch could be kept in our aquarium.  It's gorgeous!
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I got the flame angel and the nudibranch from LiveAquaria. So far the nudibranch doesn't move to far from where I first introduced him. He is obviously eating though because he is a round ball from eating so much. My sand is literally brown from all of the flat worms, and then there is a white circle about the size of a quarter around the nudibranch from where he has eaten. I'll start a new thread and call it "blue velvet nudibranch" and list what I find out about him.
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