what kind of worms are these/

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Doughball

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Sorry for the bad pictures, but they're really small and I don't have a good macro lens. The first one seems easy enough as I believe they're some sort of Acoel flatworm, but I'd like to know for sure. I was noticing how much algae I have on the glass near by sand line and all of a sudden I saw that I have a lot of them. I've never seen them before, but now that I see them they're very obvious.

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I'm going to start siphoning them and won't be able to get any flatworm exit until Friday.

This picture is even worse. The thing is less than 1/4 of an inch long. I've only see 2 of them but I'm sure there are more. Can anyone ID it?

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thanks
 
Top pic is some type of flatworm, bottom pic is a bristle worm. Bristle worms are fine and you don't have to worry about them, mostly just part of your cleanup crew.

The flatworms, if not the coral eating kind, won't harm anything, but are just ugly to look at. I can't identify the exact type unfortunately, but I'm sure someone on here can for you.
 
I've been siphoning them out and the number is way down. I think I'll keep that up for a few more days before trying to kill them with Flatworm Exit.

Thanks for the help
 
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