tubbi Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Hi One of my small tanks which hold a few pepps has something weird going on, 2 pepps started getting some white/greenish spots on them, I changed 50% of water straight away and added some sea salt & raised the temp. Next day it got worse, done another water change and added salt, been doing this for 3 days and this morning the 2 were covered in this stuff and died. On closer inspection of the glass I can see small white dots & fluff like thing, then I can see 1 or 2 of this things crawling on the glass, not sure what this is. 2 Pepps were introduced to the tank about a month ago and think these were the culprits as they were the 2 that died with this all covered in them. There are 4 left in tank now, large male and 2 smaller ones looks ok but one is starting to get some on its tail. The stuff on the glass and the stuff on the dead pepps are completely different, does anyone know what this is? I will visit my LFS tomorrow and get advice and some med cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbozed Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 I can see 1 or 2 of this things crawling on the glass, not sure what this is.cheers This is 'planaria', search this site and the net , usually comes from overfeeding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubbi Posted July 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Just did a search and it says planaria is a flat worm approx 1.3cm where as the stuff on my tank are 0.1m - 0.3m and no bigger, so not sure if it is planaira. Anyway it seems the one pepp that did have it on its tail has now all gone and all the pepps are fine, weird but great, however the white dot fluff like thing is still on the glass, but checked a few times and not seen one move again, will check again tonight. Soo sooo weird. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serenitynow Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 Could it be hydra, tubbi? They can look like little fluffy dots - but up close you can see tiny tentacles/filaments. As for what was on your pepps - no idea -sounds revolting though, eh? Sorry about your losses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewatch Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 If it is Hydra you can kill them easily Use a 4 volt battery, then fix a small piece of copper to two electric cables, connect to battery put one in each end of tank for about 4 hours, Hydra dead can be used even if small fry are in tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbozed Posted July 10, 2009 Report Share Posted July 10, 2009 ive never seen planaria that big are you sure it didnt say 1.3mm?? all the planaria ive seen are as you say, tiny they are considered harmless to your fish (aparently), and usually come about due to excess food laying in or on the gravel. cut back feeding clean the glass thouroghly and vac you gravel several times over a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
