Its possible, but I havent seen any small flies in my home.
Thanks.
Robert
-------Original Message-------
From: dawnshungryeyes4u2c
Date: 04/24/13 02:06:14
To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [AquaticLife] Re: Snails and hair
There is another possibility for what these are besides nematode or planaria
.. they could be fly larva. There are a number of tiny insects, mostly fruit
fly size, who's larva get introduced to aquariums, feed on waste and other
debris in the tank and eventually morph into small flies that tend to hang
around the surface of the tank. I have had these in various tanks over the
yrs and they resemble tiny white strands that wiggle through the water and
on the substrate. I wish I could post a photo for you to compare, but they
re too small for my camera to capture. If I see anymore of them anytime soon
I will try to scoop a few out into a glass jar to see if I can get a photo
for you.
Dawn
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, Dctrpangloss <dctrpangloss@...> wrote:
>
> Do I need to put salt in an indoor tank of goldfish?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 22, 2013, at 6:48 PM, SIMMONDS JOHN <simmonds.john@...> wrote:
>
> > Robert, how big is the tank, how often do you feed them & how much do
you
> > feed at each 'sitting'? As I said earlier, I know next to nothing about
> > snails but the answers might prove very useful for one of our experts.
> >
> > John*<o)))<*
> >
> >
> > On 22 April 2013 22:29, Robert <708804@...> wrote:
> >
> >> **
> >>
> >>
> >> Donna,
> >> I did a huge water change and siphonned the debris a few days ago. But
the
> >> debris started to build up at an immense rate already after only a day
or
> >> two. It's my strong opinion that there's too much debris even if it is
a
> >> mixture of algae wafers and snail poo. It's baffling and I'm quite
> >> perplexed
> >> Given what I now know I still cant tell if they're nematodes or
planaria
> >> because they are still small from being young and they're extremely
skinny
> >> like a fine hair.
> >> Thanks for your advice,
> >> Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -------Original Message-------
> >>
> >> From: Donna Ransome
> >> Date: 04/23/13 02:47:37
> >> To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: RE: [AquaticLife] Snails and hair
> >>
> >>
> >> Any amount of debris on the bottom can harbor nematodes…we would
normally
> >> siphon this out during weekly water changes. In the tank where I had
> >> nematodes…I didn’t and that’s why they showed up. I’ve never
had planaria,
> >> but Ray knows his stuff so maybe they ARE planaria.
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> >> From: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com]
On
> >> Behalf Of Robert
> >> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2013 5:02 AM
> >> To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Snails and hair
> >>
> >> Hi Ray,
> >>
> >> These pests are extremely skinny. They don't look as thick as the
planaria
> >> pictures I saw online, although my pests are still young, so I'm not
100%
> >> certain. The amount on the glass and floating around is roughly equal.
I'm
> >> uncertain about the considerable collection of matter at the bottom of
the
> >> tank. Ive been feeding my two snails one algae wafer at a time and keep
> >> checking the location they fall at the bottom of the tank, waiting for
the
> >> snails to completely consume it before feeding them again after a
little
> >> while. The confusing thing is that in recent times there has been a lot
of
> >> matter at the bottom of the tank. I took this to be snail poo. But it
> >> kinda
> >> looks a bit like dissolved algae wafer. The amount at the bottom of the
> >> tank
> >> is a lot for poo in my opinion. I'm not sure whats going on. I keep the
> >> tank
> >> on my desk and spend a lot of time at my desk, so see a lot of what
> >> happens.
> >> I've never seen them push the dissolved algae wafer material around the
> >> tank
> >> If it is largely dissolved algae wafer pushed around the tank, then
> >> they're
> >> doing it behind my back only at night when I'm not watching. I'm really
> >> not
> >> sure whats going on.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Robert
> >>
> >> -------Original Message-------
> >>
> >> From: sevenspringss@... <mailto:sevenspringss%40wmconnect.com>
> >> Date: 4/21/2013 10:47:12 PM
> >> To: AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:AquaticLife%40yahoogroups.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [AquaticLife] Snails and hair
> >>
> >> Hi Robert,
> >>
> >> I didn't suggest this before, since you said these "threads" weren't
> >> moving, but now that they are they could be planaria, especially if you
> >> see
> >> any on
> >> the glass. If this is what you have, they may or may not have been
> >> introduced by the snails, but they often occur from overfeeding.
Without
> >> actually
> >> seeing them, I say say this is defintely what you have though.
> >>
> >> Ray </HTML>
> >>
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