maneEack Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Noticed small worm like things on my snail and looked to be coming from underneath shell as well. When i tried to grab one with tweezers most of them floated away. The only research I could find was it could be leeches and I am no sure what to do if it is because I have other fish and invertebrates in my tank as well. Any ideas what these are and if they need to be removed or not? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) I can’t tell for certain but they look more like planaria to me. How do the move? Do they hump up in the middle like an inchworm? [leach] Or do they slide along, waving their head from side to side? [planaria] Leaches usually have a pattern of markings on them and often look a bit segmented. Planaria are usually more homogenous color and stay very small. I don’t know of any treatment that will get rid of planaria without harming snails. You’ll have to use traps and be very diligent and persistent. There are commercially made traps or u\you can make one from a plastic bottle like a water or soda bottle. Punch tiny pinholes in the bottom of the bottle, bait with something meaty, let it fill with tank water, recap it, and stand it in the tank. The planaria will crawl in through the pinholes after the bait. Then you dump the water and planaria out, preferably after killing the planaria. Very hot water will kill them. You can slowly dump put the water, then fill the bottle with very hot tap water to kill the planaria. Then dump water again once planaria are dead, the dump the dead planaria in the trash. Edited November 7, 2022 by Odd Duck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 It took me a second to realize how many there were. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before. Looking forward to hearing what it is exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Swarbrick Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Hi, I could be wrong but this looks like snail poop to me. I was able to find a couple of pictures like this on Google. Leaches would tend to be more red and have a segmented body. -Adam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billango Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 reminded me of my nerite snail and his poop but I haven't kept a rabbit snail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneEack Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 Thanks guys! It definitely looks like the poop in the picture from the article so Im pretty sure thats what it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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