View Full Version : Help Please; Is this a leech?
pimatt082985
06-29-2008, 02:20 PM
Hello I have had my aquarium for about a month now. I have live plants and have already found a pond snail. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what this is. I found it crawling around the floor of the tank.
Margaret M
06-30-2008, 07:15 PM
That looks like a flatworm called planaria. You'll probably notice them in your water changes too. They tend to hang out in the gravel.
Llamalady
07-02-2008, 05:18 PM
It looks like a babelfish to me...
No I'm just kidding... read too much Douglas Adams lately.
lindsayanng
07-02-2008, 05:43 PM
that is WAY to big to be planaria. Planaria are super small and you would need a GOOD camera to get a picture of them. They are about the diameter of a strand of thread and only 1/2" long or LESS.. That thing is BIG.. can you get a clearer picture> It is almost IMPOSSIBLE to tell what it is without seeing it's face.
I dont think it's a leech though.. but a better picture is required.
oh yea.. ANYTIME you buy plants from a petco or large scale pet store, you are GURANTEED to end up with an infestation of snails. I can bet that by the end of the month, you have 20 snails, and the end of the year you can have THOUSANDS. They multiply like CRAZY!