monti eating flatworm???

[zoa_princess]

Has anybody ever heard of a such a thing? I bought a montiapora today from a very good lfs, I put it QT and tonight I took it out to do the first inspection for nudis or anyother critters and low and behold I found nudis and what looks like a flatworm I have never heard of montis getting flatworms or of any treatments for monti flatworms(thank goodness for the qt tank!!!!!) The worm is a little less than 1/2 an inch when it stretches out to move and was found on the underside near a dead spot of the monti. This monti is a pink and purple spongiodies- that was in decent shape all the polyps were out but the color was not great so we picked it up at cost so the owner could recover the cost. I thought it just needed more light, once again thank goodness for the qt tank
If you know anything about this any info would be great!

*If I can get a good pic of this thing I will post it asap*

[LeslieH]

Please post. that will be the only way to resolve what it is.

[Casey]

Heres a Nudi on the underside of a Monti

[crvz]

Yep, there are some nudi's that chow down on montipora species. I think they're relatively easy to get rid of, as they are large enough to manually remove with ease, and I think some wrasses will help irradicate them.

[Casey]

Actually they are a pain in the you know what to get these eggs out you have to look closely and scrape the eggs off manually.

[zoa_princess]

well yes it def. has nudis and they are a pain to get rid of, but I am fragging the monti to trash the dead spots and scrubbing with a toothbrush the possiable areas for nudis. It is these worms I'm concerned about I can not seem to get a pic of them, I have only found 2 of them so far and that was after I dipped the monti in TMPCC. I just don't want to give up on a coral, if there is help out there, but I also do not want to eventually infect my tank if I miss something.

[dobejazz]

any update ??