Hungry flat worm

[exnisstech]

Had a clam on the half shell hanging in my stock tank working on getting my new CBB to eat food offerings. Came back and this big ol flat worm was on the clam. I pulled it and put it in a container.
This is the stock tank

All of the rock came out of my 180g that I recently broke down. Might explain some mysterious coral deaths including every euphylia tried through the years. Guess I should spend more time watching the tank at night. There is a piece of clam in the lower right of the video that the worm ate over night. Kind of scary how much damage it could do to a coral over time. Even scarier is I moved a bunch of rock from that tank to my new build. I've seen some pumpkin flat worms in there and introduced a six line and they are thinning. Ah all part of the fun I suppose. An interesting creature for sure.

Sorry for the video quality

Next day after a clam dinner. It's not even retracting from the light like it did the night before.

 

[Cell]

Snail eater. Leopard polyclad.

 

[exnisstech]

Snail eater. Leopard polyclad.

Thank you. Back to mysterious coral deaths lol. Haven't had any unusual snail deaths so maybe I got lucky and they all ended up in the stock tank.

 

[formallydehyde]

Had a clam on the half shell hanging in my stock tank working on getting my new CBB to eat food offerings. Came back and this big ol flat worm was on the clam. I pulled it and put it in a container.
This is the stock tank

All of the rock came out of my 180g that I recently broke down. Might explain some mysterious coral deaths including every euphylia tried through the years. Guess I should spend more time watching the tank at night. There is a piece of clam in the lower right of the video that the worm ate over night. Kind of scary how much damage it could do to a coral over time. Even scarier is I moved a bunch of rock from that tank to my new build. I've seen some pumpkin flat worms in there and introduced a six line and they are thinning. Ah all part of the fun I suppose. An interesting creature for sure.

Sorry for the video quality

Next day after a clam dinner. It's not even retracting from the light like it did the night before.

That's an amazingly cool creature, it's a shame it's not reef safe.

 

[exnisstech]

That's an amazingly cool creature, it's a shame it's not reef safe.

I'm tempted to try and isolate one to feed and watch. That stock tank is full of cool stuff.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Had a clam on the half shell hanging in my stock tank working on getting my new CBB to eat food offerings. Came back and this big ol flat worm was on the clam. I pulled it and put it in a container.
This is the stock tank

All of the rock came out of my 180g that I recently broke down. Might explain some mysterious coral deaths including every euphylia tried through the years. Guess I should spend more time watching the tank at night. There is a piece of clam in the lower right of the video that the worm ate over night. Kind of scary how much damage it could do to a coral over time. Even scarier is I moved a bunch of rock from that tank to my new build. I've seen some pumpkin flat worms in there and introduced a six line and they are thinning. Ah all part of the fun I suppose. An interesting creature for sure.

Sorry for the video quality

Next day after a clam dinner. It's not even retracting from the light like it did the night before.

For anyone interested- Pericelis tectivorum; the Reticulated/Giant Predatory/Leopard Flatworm.