Weird Creature found in tank.

[raytan12]

Saw a couple of these creepy crawlies in my tank.
they're white, flat and look like leeches...
wat are these and how to get rid of 'em?

[Panut]

Can you use macro? image quite blur..

[FishSoup]

They're planaria, flatworms which live on decaying matter and excess food in the tank. There are several ways of getting rid of them, i believe some guys here have posted the designs of traps meant to help lessen their numbers. Maybe try searching for "planaria" and "trap" using the search function

[Panut]

Do they do any harm? since they help you get rid of your "decaying matter and excess food"

[FishSoup]

They are not actually harmful, just perhaps rather unpleasant on the eyes. The sight of them swarming over dead shrimp or fish corpses can be really disturbing.

[Panut]

thanks for that info