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October 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| What is this?
So I was taking a look at my tank, particularly at the algae wafer that I dropped in for my rcs, when I noticed a grey-ish object coming out of it. At first I thought it was merely the back end of one of my snails but then it flicked at my shrimp. On further observation, when I disturbed it, it would go into the substrate. I took it out of the tank and it appears that it can either inch along or swim. Any ideas? | 
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October 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| WOW don't know but it's creepy!  | |
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October 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Welcome to the forum!!!! You think it came out of the wafer? Wow that is creepy................ | 
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October 11th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| Turns out that it's a leech, although I can't imagine how it got in my tank =( | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| ew ew ew ew ew ew!!! I'm wondering if you added any live plants. They definitely could have come from that. Again - eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| I agree about it being a leech. I'm glad you found it before it attached itself to a fish.
Ken
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October 12th, 2009
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| Eww, that's a leech? How would it find it's way into the tank?
I found somthing similar in my 20g the other day and sucked it out. | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| welcome to fishlore!!
it probably was already in the subtrate and came up to eat the wafer ...which made it look like it came out of it? id dump the wafers in a bowl to check to be safe but as far as I know, they are aquatic and cant live in dry foods....it is icky tho! LOL | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| Aren't they nasty looking creatures? ewwwww That's one reason I won't swim in the creek in front of the house. Not to mention the gators! lol
Ken | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| ew is that like a fish parasite or something that would attach itself to a person? so gross | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| Hello. To my knowledge a leech is a leech and will attach itself to anything it can for blood. Not too pretty a picture is it? LOL I think I rank leeches right up there with spiders. Chef get it!!!!!!!!! 
Take care,
Ken | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| The spiders up in here in Ohio will chew your arm right off. I don't even want to think about the arachnophobia you must have going on down south. 
You can keep your spiders and gators lol please........You should hear the sounds that come out of me when I see a spider. It’s like a bear was after me. | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| | Fish Lore Newbie
| I had no idea that they could live in the substrate... but it might explain why one of my neons had a mysterious death | |
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October 12th, 2009
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Originally Posted by geofari  I had no idea that they could live in the substrate... but it might explain why one of my neons had a mysterious death | unless the neon was sick and spent its time on the bottom, I doubt the leach killed it....did you get new plants recently ?(last few months?) | |
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October 12th, 2009
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| Aw cmon guys leeches aren't as bad as tape worms! They use leeches to heal people in certain countries. Though those pics kind of remind me of the movie slither, now that was a nasty film! Anyways flush him out into your toilet or you can put salt on it first to make sure it's dead then flush it out. | |
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October 13th, 2009
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| Yes, I did get live plants recently, but I'm surprised the thing survived up to now if it came with my plants. Afterall, I waited awhile before putting in fish and unknowingly 'nuked' the tank water.. | |
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