help!!!! plz!!

bananas · 01-05-2006, 04:19 PM

i have one tank with just one snail in it and i've had it like this for a month.

Now there are little lines on the tank wall. They're alive, some kind of larvae.

I have no idea what this is, someone please help!

Scuba Kid · 01-05-2006, 04:26 PM

can give us a picture, or be more descriptive? i dont know exactly what you mean by "lines" but it could be planaria.

Damon · 01-05-2006, 04:27 PM

What kind of snail do you have? What do the little things on the wall look like?

ron v · 01-05-2006, 04:36 PM

It's probably either planaria as Scuba said or nematodes. In either case the cause is usually dirty water caused by overcrowding or overfeeding. Am I reading correctly that you have 31 platys in a 10 gal. tank? Unless they are newborn fry, that tank is "big time" overcrowded. I would say no more that 5-6 adult platys. I would do a 50% water change every day until you can move some of the fish out.

bananas · 01-05-2006, 04:59 PM

I updated my sig it was out of date.

Well they look like little tiny thin lines that wiggle around.

I have been complaining to my mom about overfeeding our snail...

bananas · 01-05-2006, 05:09 PM

Here's a quick descriptive picture i drew

how can i get rid of these things?

ron v · 01-05-2006, 05:43 PM

Cure the problem. Clean up the tank. Water change, clean filter. Stop overfeeding. They will not hurt anything and will go away when conditions improve. Good luck.

bananas · 01-05-2006, 05:52 PM

thank you!!!

fishboy · 01-05-2006, 08:52 PM

do they look like they have "eyes" if they do they're planarian

01-05-2006, 04:19 PM	#1
bananas Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 88	help!!!! plz!! i have one tank with just one snail in it and i've had it like this for a month. Now there are little lines on the tank wall. They're alive, some kind of larvae. I have no idea what this is, someone please help! __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 31 Platys (MF too hard to count) 1 Golden Chinese Algae Eating Catfish (1F) 5 Gallon Tank 1 Apple Snail [1F]

01-05-2006, 04:26 PM	#2
Scuba Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 18 Posts: 4,225	can give us a picture, or be more descriptive? i dont know exactly what you mean by "lines" but it could be planaria. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

01-05-2006, 04:27 PM	#3
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,971	What kind of snail do you have? What do the little things on the wall look like? __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

01-05-2006, 04:59 PM	#5
bananas Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 88	I updated my sig it was out of date. Well they look like little tiny thin lines that wiggle around. I have been complaining to my mom about overfeeding our snail... __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 31 Platys (MF too hard to count) 1 Golden Chinese Algae Eating Catfish (1F) 5 Gallon Tank 1 Apple Snail [1F]

01-05-2006, 05:09 PM	#6
bananas Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 88	Here's a quick descriptive picture i drew how can i get rid of these things? __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 31 Platys (MF too hard to count) 1 Golden Chinese Algae Eating Catfish (1F) 5 Gallon Tank 1 Apple Snail [1F] Last edited by bananas; 01-05-2006 at 05:15 PM.

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01-05-2006, 04:36 PM	#4
ron v Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Age: 61 Posts: 1,123	It's probably either planaria as Scuba said or nematodes. In either case the cause is usually dirty water caused by overcrowding or overfeeding. Am I reading correctly that you have 31 platys in a 10 gal. tank? Unless they are newborn fry, that tank is "big time" overcrowded. I would say no more that 5-6 adult platys. I would do a 50% water change every day until you can move some of the fish out.

01-05-2006, 05:43 PM	#7
ron v Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Alabama Age: 61 Posts: 1,123	Cure the problem. Clean up the tank. Water change, clean filter. Stop overfeeding. They will not hurt anything and will go away when conditions improve. Good luck.

01-05-2006, 05:52 PM	#8
bananas Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 88	thank you!!! __________________ 10 Gallon Tank 31 Platys (MF too hard to count) 1 Golden Chinese Algae Eating Catfish (1F) 5 Gallon Tank 1 Apple Snail [1F]

01-05-2006, 08:52 PM	#9
fishboy Custom User Title Join Date: Feb 2005 Age: 17 Posts: 1,647	do they look like they have "eyes" if they do they're planarian __________________ It is only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything

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