Please ID red things appearing on glass

[afsportsguy000]

There are a ton of different sizes also I dont even know where to start to figure out what these are.

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[JohnK]

Wow, that's odd. Two threads on the same topic in one day. See this thread;
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?124400-What-is-this

It looks like you have a slightly different type than in that other thread, but those are definately flatworms. Same advice applies.

 

[Overlook reef]

That is very odd!
Two flatworm posts in the same day!

 

[P-Nut]

were you guys trading with each other?

 

[afsportsguy000]

Nope, and mine from what I can tell are only on the glass.

 

[Turbosnail]

Nope, and mine from what I can tell are only on the glass.

They are flatworms and if they are on the glass then they are everywhere.

 

[afrankiewicz12]

weird i just got those too like a week ago and in one spot they all just dropped off the glass and they arent worms cause they dont move

 

[afrankiewicz12]

i was gonna make a thread but decided against it, i thought they were baby shrooms

 

[afsportsguy000]

I have these in my tank now....are they good?

 

[JohnK]

That's an astria star. They are common and generally not a problem, though every once and a while you hear of somebody catching one munching on something good. Much like bristle worms, there may be a few rare subtypes that are a problem, but in general they are just about inevitable and perfectly harmless.

I have these in my tank now....are they good?

 

[JohnK]

weird i just got those too like a week ago and in one spot they all just dropped off the glass and they arent worms cause they dont move

If they do move it's not obvious right away. They just kind of slide/float across surfaces very slowly.