Flat worm identification.. Should I be worried?

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I have been seeing an increase in little flat worms on my glass and wondered if i should be worried. I searched around and can't find much info on much. I tried to take a picture of the biggest one I can find but it is still pretty small.

I considered the options to get rid of them but the tank is a 3 gallon. And not too sure if I want to dose it with Flat Worm Exit or the like. And it is too small for a six line wrasse
 

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I used flatworm exit on my 2 gal and it killed a lot of them, but also my emerald crab although everthing else was fine. When Flatworms die they release a toxin in the water so you need to siphon them out quickly and do a good W/C. Even after using flatworm exit i still have them, right now I'm using an eye dropper to suck the out but they multiply too fast. I am going to have to use Flat exit again in a few day. hope this helps good luck!
 
Six line wrasses are either hit or miss mine was a miss. Try a black out before and after the flatworm x, the results seemed to work better for me than just the flatworm x.
 
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