So, was cleaning out my filter, clean the sponges pick out about 20cherry shrimp from the sponges found a corydoras fry etc buisness as usual until I spot a slug like thing on one of the sponges. It moved like a slug and is black on top, white on bottom. It's about 6mm long. Any help? Cheers
Slug like thing
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Hello Jack,
Maybe you have planaria. Google this and look and compare the photos. Do you ever feed live food ? Sometimes bloodworms also get into filters. cheers jk :thumbup:
Maybe you have planaria. Google this and look and compare the photos. Do you ever feed live food ? Sometimes bloodworms also get into filters. cheers jk :thumbup:
planaria or bloodworm is not dangerous at all. In great number by all means it is. Usually planaria is a sign of overfeeding . Bloodworm is just one that escaped so to speak and survives in the filter. If however you are unsure of what this thing is , then I would remove it just to be sure as we cannot identify it. cheers jk :thumbup:
I will cut down, I usually feed every other day, Monday Wednesday Friday and then Monday. Will keep an eye on stuff, only found 2. Thanks
I use the kitchen tap mate, but the worm is black, with a sort of cloudy white head growth. Will post a picture later. It moves like a slug, not a leech
Hi all,
I have both Leeches and Planaria in the tanks, but from this
These Chironomid midges are really common, so probably eggs were laid in the tank, and these then hatched, with most of the blood worms being eaten by the fish, but this one swept into the filter where conditions would be suitable for it to grow and pupate.
cheers Darrel
I have both Leeches and Planaria in the tanks, but from this
it sounds like a Bloodworm pupae. I get quite a few of these in the Bloodworm bucket. They pupate at the bottom of the "pond" in their tunnel, and then the pupae swims up to the water surface, and the adult Chironomid midge appears, like something from "The Alien". This is the pupae.
These Chironomid midges are really common, so probably eggs were laid in the tank, and these then hatched, with most of the blood worms being eaten by the fish, but this one swept into the filter where conditions would be suitable for it to grow and pupate.
cheers Darrel
Hhmmm I don't know. It won't come out of the water. I found it in the filter. It looks like it has eyes, check out the last picture
hi sort of looks like a slug
i get the odd slug in my tanks but my water storage bucket is outside
i get the odd slug in my tanks but my water storage bucket is outside