oddjob-ding
Seedling
- Joined
- 6 Jun 2012
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- 5
Hi all
Firstly this is my first post as a new member so hello to all.
Have seen these mystery animals in my small tank i am using for Ramshorn snails, I noticed them when i was using a 10x magnifying glass to look at some snail eggs.
The picture is poor i know but these animals are tiny and only visible with a magnifying glass, firstly what they are not, they are not planaria , they are not nematodes ( i worked briefly for forest research on Hylobius abietis bio control with Steinernematidae sp nematodes and have seen many in a microsope. I dont believe they are parasitic trematodes.
These thread like creatures move like a caterpillar on the glass of the tank, with a oval head you can almost see rudimentary legs (stumps). They do not swim like nematodes (snake like) and i have seen them next to both nematodes and flatworms.
I have looked everywhere i can on the net from google, youtube too many many macro fauna invert websites I cant find anything that resembles it.
anyone know what it is? Are they harmless to fish and humans?
And no its not the Lochness monster!!!!!!!!!!
Firstly this is my first post as a new member so hello to all.
Have seen these mystery animals in my small tank i am using for Ramshorn snails, I noticed them when i was using a 10x magnifying glass to look at some snail eggs.
The picture is poor i know but these animals are tiny and only visible with a magnifying glass, firstly what they are not, they are not planaria , they are not nematodes ( i worked briefly for forest research on Hylobius abietis bio control with Steinernematidae sp nematodes and have seen many in a microsope. I dont believe they are parasitic trematodes.
These thread like creatures move like a caterpillar on the glass of the tank, with a oval head you can almost see rudimentary legs (stumps). They do not swim like nematodes (snake like) and i have seen them next to both nematodes and flatworms.
I have looked everywhere i can on the net from google, youtube too many many macro fauna invert websites I cant find anything that resembles it.
anyone know what it is? Are they harmless to fish and humans?
And no its not the Lochness monster!!!!!!!!!!