ok i have lava rocks that i anchor plants to in my tank, they look nice, theyre heavy and they do the trick. so i was picking them all up out of the tank and rearranging today. i was turning one over and resting the plant against it to decide which side i thought would be best for it, and i noticed a shiny spot on it. i tried to take a picture but it didnt really come out fabulous. it looks like a leech? but im not sure i dont think ive ever seen a leech before ... so um i grabbed a tweezer and went to poke it a lil and as i did it just clutched the rock harder. i tried to pry it off and it like squished itself into a hole. so now ive got the rock out baking in the sun cuz i dont know what it is, but i think i want it dead and not in my tank ..
so another question i have is, ive seen these things that look like well kinda like a slug sorta but much smaller and they stretch and contract and crawl along the glass. theyre like a milky color. are they like baby leeches? god im so grossed out.
ok so if these things are leeches, are they a problem?
some info about the tank ...
its a 20 gal tank with bout 20 female bettas in it, one pleco, 5 apple snails (the big apple sized ones), 10+ golden asian clams, 100+ ramshorn, 100+ MTS, and an over abundance of plants - brazilion sword, amazon sword, christmas moss, java moss, windelevs fern, marimo balls, spaghetti moss, anubias. the tank is so full of fish and plants that theres really not much "empty space". i feed them fresh chopped veggies, as well as betta flakes, and some dried shrimps.
oh and i just remembered .. a long time ago i used to have a turtle in this tank - but hes been in the 50 gallon now for at least a year. ive seen leeches on turtles outside but they were HUGE like the size of my finger, this thing is like smaller than a pencil eraser
so another question i have is, ive seen these things that look like well kinda like a slug sorta but much smaller and they stretch and contract and crawl along the glass. theyre like a milky color. are they like baby leeches? god im so grossed out.
ok so if these things are leeches, are they a problem?
some info about the tank ...
its a 20 gal tank with bout 20 female bettas in it, one pleco, 5 apple snails (the big apple sized ones), 10+ golden asian clams, 100+ ramshorn, 100+ MTS, and an over abundance of plants - brazilion sword, amazon sword, christmas moss, java moss, windelevs fern, marimo balls, spaghetti moss, anubias. the tank is so full of fish and plants that theres really not much "empty space". i feed them fresh chopped veggies, as well as betta flakes, and some dried shrimps.
oh and i just remembered .. a long time ago i used to have a turtle in this tank - but hes been in the 50 gallon now for at least a year. ive seen leeches on turtles outside but they were HUGE like the size of my finger, this thing is like smaller than a pencil eraser
