Now that they have some spawning sites to defend and lay eggs in and the water's clear, I'll probably start seeing territorial spawning dances soon.

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 04:45 PM
lolWhat you have in that video is clearly a neonate of one of the aliens from the movie, "They Abyss".
I think you are unknowingly on track to manually remove them without even knowing it. Continue to put your hand in there. They'll attach. Remove said hand and repeat.
Fenbendazole (Panacur) worked on the hydras I had a few months ago. The last time I had leeches, though, I didn't use medication. This was a few years ago when I was still in undergraduate college. Back then I was moving (and breaking down and resetting up the fish tank) twice a year. So I would just dump all my kitty litter substrate in an out of the way place. Then I bought new kitty litter when I got where I was going. That's one of the reason I'm pro-kitty-litter. For nomads like I used to be, being able to toss out your substrate and replacing it for only $7 made breaking down and resetting up tanks much easier. Since this tank's substrate is also kitty litter, I could go that route and just pitch all of this leech infested substrate in the trash. I'm considering that solution, but it might be a little while before I have four hours free to do it.Have you had success in the past with Panacur and leeches? Formalin might be an option, but your plants will not be happy.
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Posted 19 November 2013 - 11:35 AM
Kitty litter doesn't siphon up. It stays down like gravel does.Erica -- How about siphoning off the top layer of substrate into a bucket with a piece of 5/8" or 3/4" I.D. tubing to remove leeches? You can use chunks of food to lure them into clumps before siphoning.
Posted 19 November 2013 - 02:43 PM
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They probably eat eggs and might even attack the adult fish.Sounds like these leeches are not a problem. Why not just leave them be?
Posted 19 November 2013 - 02:51 PM
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Posted 19 November 2013 - 02:54 PM
Very, very likely. Stupid leeches. They're able to burrow, while the hydras weren't.Furthermore, your leeches may burrow into the substrate where, without sufficient cirrculation [through the substrate], the Panacur is unable to reach or effect them.
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I've seen some videos of elassoma okefenokee from Germany that show the adult elassoma eating baby brine shrimp, so maybe this will be a way to expand their diet a bit. They do survive solely on grindal worms, yes, and they spawn. But they eat their fry something terrible. Maybe they just like eating their fry. Or maybe that's a sign of nutrient deficiency.
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