Found this in my rock work...I.D.??

[HEMI_Andy]

Does anyone know what this is....
It is flat, slimy, moves kinda like an octopus

Andy

 

[panmanmatt]

I think it's a flatworm of some sort. It sure was cool to watch.

 

[GregW]

how big is it? It's hard to tell the size from the pictures.

 

[panmanmatt]

About 3-4 inches in length and about 1-1 1/2 inches wide.

 

[redfishbluefish]

I speak with great ignorance…but my guess is that it is not a Cephalopod (octopus family), but still could be part of the Mollusca Phylum. My second guess is Echinoderm Phylum…sea cucumber. Hard to tell from a static picture without seeing it up close and personnel…and that’s assuming it has no bones. So I add nothing but some hand waving and hot air!

My first question….where did your rock come from?

 

[ds4x4]

post on RC just for the fact that there is a larger amount of people there to assist. we can only do so much as a small club compared to that site

 

[redfishbluefish]

I think it's a flatworm of some sort. It sure was cool to watch.

phylum Platyhelminthes…I like it. My new first guess.

 

[panmanmatt]

Here's a site to take a look at.

http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~bu6/flatsite.htm

 

[HEMI_Andy]

After looking at those pics. I will agree it is a polyclad (flatworm).

Now is it good or bad?

Can it live in the fuge, or should I flush it?

Andy

 

[panmanmatt]

That part I'm not sure of. It is way too cool to flush though.

 

[Phyl]

I shudder just hearing the words "flatworm". I'd be shooting it with FWE out of principal!

 

[RichT]

Brian will buy it from you

 

[jonathan.]

It's a snail eating flatwork.

Will at AO had one in his tank. He was wondering why his snails kept disappearing. Those suckers are RIDICULOUSLY predatory against snails, but it's all they eat. You could keep it if you didn't mind losing snails every now and then.

 

[Brian]

Brian will buy it from you

Yeah, I'll buy it, and then pin it up to a dartboard and throw flatworm exit tipped darts at it!

 

[momof6kids]

Brian will buy it from you

Yeah, I'll buy it, and then pin it up to a dartboard and throw flatworm exit tipped darts at it!

lol, it is cool looking though, gotta admit that

 

[Hawkeye]

Hey andy maybe you could put it in the RAFFLE! :-X

and i thought I had interesting hitchers in my LR! yikes.

 

[drummer606]

Looks like puke