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03-29-2003, 10:37 PM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Squishing flatworms..
question...I sneaked up on my tank tonight, to find 9 flatworms on the glass. My question, if I was to squish a flatworm..would it be dead? Or would all the iddy biddy pieces form new flatworms?
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03-29-2003, 10:55 PM
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Big Fishy
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Not sure if it would work, though it might feel good  I believe flatworms reproduce by dividing.
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03-29-2003, 11:22 PM
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Don't do that.
The resultant scrap is regenerable into individual flatworms.
Just siphon them off .
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03-30-2003, 01:10 AM
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TRT Staff The Mominator
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The resultant scrap is regenerable into individual flatworms.
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Eeeeeewwwwwwwww
Ok, so squish them after you syphon them out.
Just for fun.
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03-30-2003, 07:41 AM
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Nothing to See Here
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03-30-2003, 08:18 AM
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Waste of good shot.
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03-30-2003, 11:48 AM
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senior member
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Quote:
Originally posted by dark horge
Don't do that... The resultant scrap is regenerable into individual flatworms...
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And the contents of the acoel flatworms are toxic to fishes and other vertebrates as well to varying degrees. A few prolly wouldn't be toxic, but generally there is no such thing as a FEW flatworms... One of the beginning zoology lab experiments for undergrad students is to identify some trait of a flatworm then divide them to see if the info is transferred into the daughters as well (to demonstrate asexual cloning of these creatures).
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03-30-2003, 11:52 AM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
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Okay, I won't squish them...until after they are out. muhahahhaha Is there a difference in danger between the white flatworms (which I have), and red flatworms? Are ones more dangerous to have? I even saw one go by a snail... I was so cheering the snail on to eat it up but nope.. 
My tank isn't to happy today. The most noticable coral throwing me fits right now is the green stars. I think it is cause I sliced of a section of them yesterday for the meeting.
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03-30-2003, 11:57 AM
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Little fish in a big pond
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I've seen the occasional white one, but the red ones are the nasty ones -- read the other thread I started about Flatworm eXit...
Siphon and then squish at least 3 for me.
Jenn
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03-30-2003, 12:01 PM
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Nothing to See Here
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I still say "shoot 'em"! |
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03-30-2003, 12:46 PM
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Shark
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Jeremy just leave the White ones in your tank they are a good thing. If they are the larger and clear (with a whitish hue) ones they have been shown to actually eat the red ones.
Mike
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03-30-2003, 01:06 PM
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Ghost of reefers past
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"Waste of good shot."
Naw practice is always good
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03-30-2003, 03:20 PM
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Crazed Fish Whisperer
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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Quote:
Originally posted by mojoreef
Jeremy just leave the White ones in your tank they are a good thing. If they are the larger and clear (with a whitish hue) ones they have been shown to actually eat the red ones.
Mike
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Wahoo!! Hmm...maybe I can sell these then.
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03-30-2003, 07:45 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Toledo, Ohio
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remember to shoot AFTER they are removed from the tank |
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03-30-2003, 08:11 PM
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Little Fishy
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Location: PNW
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I sense a certian amount of hostility here.... |
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