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October 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Something WEIRD in the tank??? Baby snails? or something else?
Hi,
I was looking in my tropical tank this AM and I noticed some really strange things in the gravel at the bottom  they were very tiny, white things with tenticles (lots of tenticle type things) I vac'ed them up, but what the heck were they  I thought maybe baby snails (I do have a few little snails that rode in on a used decoration I got...) IDK what baby snails look like... or is it some kind of parasite?
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October 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Well....snails don't have tentacles...
are they big enough to get a pic of? | |
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October 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| It may be hydra. | 
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October 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| fungus?  | |
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October 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Sounds like Hydra to me also. | |
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October 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
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October 29th, 2009
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| Without seeing it, my first guess would also be hydra.
They look like little trees, almost, with a main trunk of a body and then a number of tentacles sticking out of the top. They move by somersaulting, and feed on any number of tiny animals (large ones are capable of catching small fry, I believe, but shouldn't be harmful to any grown aquarium fish). | |
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October 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| How would they come to be in a fish tank?? | |
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October 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Thanks guys!  ... after looking up pics of hydra, i'm pretty sure, though not 100% that that's what I've got! How do I get rid of them? they're so creepy! eww! LOL. So they won't hurt my fish, right? I swear I've had nothing but trouble with this new tank... I think it all came from some floating plants I got at the pond store... a week after putting them in I had, ICH, snails and now these things... I tell ya!  Thanks again!
Ps. I still have some in there... I guess I didn't vac them all... they're really tiny and white, too small for my camera to focus on, unfortunately, but thanks for all you're great help!
Last edited by Caligo'sKeeper; October 30th, 2009 at 11:49 PM.
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October 31st, 2009
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| Hello. Wow! This is a new one for me as well. Thanks for the link. Great book mark!
Best of luck Caligo. Hopefully you can get them removed after several vacuums.
Ken | |
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October 31st, 2009
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| Nope, they shouldn't hurt your fish (unless it's a breeding tank).
I wonder if they were feeding on the ich. Hydras need live food, I believe, and it sounds like the ich was the only such thing. Between the vacuuming and the lack of food (presuming the ich infestation is gone), they should be gone very soon. | |
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November 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| Quote:
Originally Posted by sirdarksol  Nope, they shouldn't hurt your fish (unless it's a breeding tank).
I wonder if they were feeding on the ich. Hydras need live food, I believe, and it sounds like the ich was the only such thing. Between the vacuuming and the lack of food (presuming the ich infestation is gone), they should be gone very soon. | good point. as far as I can tell the ich is gone, I don't see anymore on the fish and I have the temp at 84, however it hasn't been a whole 2 weeks yet. I do see more hydra today than yesterday... they're all kinda waving arround by the plant pot... but if they do eat ich they can stay as long as they want, lol. | |
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November 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I have read that hydra can come from overfeeding the tank also, maybe cut back on the amount of food that you are giving. | |
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November 2nd, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
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Originally Posted by redlessi I have read that hydra can come from overfeeding the tank also, maybe cut back on the amount of food that you are giving. | I see... I only have 1 fish in there at the moment... maybe that's why. I feed him once a day, usually a shrimp pellet or veggie wafer... perhaps it is too much for just him. | |
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