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Posted 26 October 2006 - 06:30 PM

I have either leeches or anchor worms on one of my fat sleepers

i cant get a pict of them, been trying

can someone link me a pict of each, what i have seen on the net looks closer to leech than anchor worms

and what do i do about them?

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:08 PM

Anchor Worm
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From www.fishpalace.org

Leech
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From http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org

I have had anchor worm before and used a product called Dimilin, I have used it twice and it worked. The first time I removed the worms manually, the second I just treated the tank without worm removal. It can be found in the pond section of PetSmart or online. It's cheap and a little goes along way.
As for leeches, salt treatment should work. There are parasite medications that you can get at the LFS. Coppersafe is my prefered brand.

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:12 PM

Hope they are anchors, because leeches suck!!!!!

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:14 PM

Hope they are anchors, because leeches suck!!!!!


oh no, hehehe

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:38 PM

Hope they are anchors, because leeches suck!!!!!


Thats a good one.....

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:55 PM

Good one, i believe they are leeches

ok now what do i do?

i have snails in the tank, and catfish

sandtiger i completely missed the text,

are those meds safe to use with inverts?

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 07:59 PM

http://forum.nanfa.o...topic.php?t=463

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:00 PM

Remove the fish, manually remove the leeches, place fish in a hospital tank with salt and an anti-fungal.

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:01 PM

and eat the leech

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:13 PM

what about the rest of the tank?

also the fish in-question came out of brackish water.

if i have 2 do my snails in, so be it but i have read that after treating a tank with copper it almost never gets out of the substrate and the tank will never support snails again

what do you think?

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:15 PM

Coppersafe is...well...safe, on all fishes. Inverts and plants should be removed.

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:17 PM

what about the rest of the tank?

also the fish in-question came out of brackish water.

if i have 2 do my snails in, so be it but i have read that after treating a tank with copper it almost never gets out of the substrate and the tank will never support snails again

what do you think?


I don't know about that, it does not say anything like that on the bottle. I don't keep inverts of any kind, if I had snail in my tank I would want them dead anyway. I never had to worry about it.

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:26 PM

snails i could do with out, removing all plants from that tank, man i dont even want to think about it, its the 125 gal tank
http://forum.nanfa.o...topic.php?t=291

what to do

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 08:26 PM

also the fish in-question came out of brackish water.

Can you get a photo? I really do not like diagnosing and telling people how to fix things without at least seeing what it may be.

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:18 PM

i tried to catch that thing earlier, but could not, i will get a divider and get him in the morning, im pretty sure it is a leech, it had a bloated body and kind of grey skin

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Posted 26 October 2006 - 09:48 PM

snails i could do with out, removing all plants from that tank, man i dont even want to think about it, its the 125 gal tank
http://forum.nanfa.o...topic.php?t=291

what to do


I would not want to treat that many gallons myself, do you have a spare hospital tank?

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Posted 27 October 2006 - 12:22 AM

i have a 30 gal rubber made that i can set up, thing is i will not know if the leech has laid any eggs or how many are in the tank, hmmmmm

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Posted 29 October 2006 - 07:38 PM

ok i went yesterday to move the sleeper into a 30 gal rubber made, the leech has fallen off, is this good or bad?

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Posted 30 October 2006 - 09:18 AM

anyone?

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Posted 30 October 2006 - 10:22 AM

I would think it is a good thing. You haven't found any others in the tank? You said these fish were from brackish waters, right? Maybe the leech didn't like your FW.




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