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Advice Please
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:30 pm
by NeoCult
Need some advice, i recently did the usual water change, just now while i was looking in the cave with the large male in it guarding his eggs, on the glass i noticed these tine, minute little things swimming about the glass, there white and look like the tinest fish fry you have ever seen, so small i can get a pic, now the only addition to my tank has been some Java moss, is this possible something from it? or anything i need to worry about?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:36 pm
by Plastic Mac
Planaria?
do they look like little worms or kinda like little crabs?
If it is, and as far as I am aware, they live in all freshwater aquariums naturally....but you'll only ever see them when there is an issue with water quality as they naturally reside in the substrate and only venture out when, as I said, there is some issue with water like high nitrites.
What are your water parameters?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:39 pm
by NeoCult
Water is perfect
84 oF
Nitrite 0
Nitrate 0
Ammonia 0
Ph 7
they look like tiny tiny tiny tadpoles lol just these mega little white things, vry like fry but more tadpole like, hard to explain
there aint loads but there is some
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:45 pm
by Adam
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:54 pm
by NeoCult
Hi Adam
In one of the pics i saw i little snail, i have a few of them lol
i water change every day. this is the 1st time ive seen these criters, they defo aint worms
confused
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:56 pm
by NeoCult
Frogot to mention the plants ive added are a new addition kinda, last week or so, so maybe its something from them?
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:04 pm
by Plastic Mac
They could have come from the plants....although like i said I was under the impression they are part of any aquarium eco-system...it's just with good water we don't even see them but I could be wrong.
I have heard they can also eat eggs....but I'm not absolutely sure.
I had them in my tank a few month ago when it was first started..but they've gone now.
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:07 pm
by NeoCult
this is the 1st ive had them, its deffinatly not the worms
and if the eat my zebs eggs i'll boil the little f*ckers
i cant seee them doing that tho as there so small
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:42 pm
by Barbie
Neo what fish were in with the java moss before you moved it over? The odds are good it's some type of egg scattering fry. I've seen this happen quite a few times. Your zebras won't be in danger, down boy 
. If they don't look like little worms that wiggle really hard when you disturb them, they are probably some type of fry that hatched.
BUT, you CAN have planaria doing daily water changes if you've got uneaten food anywhere in the tank or filters, so it wouldn't hurt to check that too .
Barbie
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:36 pm
by NeoCult
the java moss came from ebay so really ive no idea, these things are again just like mini tadpoles or minute brine shrimp maybe?? i dunno, nothing like worms at all
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:49 am
by Rob
Hi Neo
Is there any way at all you can get a photo.
rob
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:40 am
by NeoCult
Hi Rob
nah there just too small, seriously takes me to see them, u know in the tank u have the tiny little air bubbles? i mean the tiny ones, that is the size roughly
I also dont see them today which is strange
and as you know the male has ejected some fry, 5 dead
2 int he breeder and he still has more in there
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:56 pm
by Barbie
Neo did you brace up the front of the cave? So it's tipped back? That usually keeps him from throwing out his children quite so easily . The fry you saw probably starved without a food source btw. I wouldn't lose any sleep over it!
Barbie
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:39 pm
by NeoCult
newly hatched ones need a food source?