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03/27/2013, 08:01 AM | #1 |
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little killers watch out!!!
I bought a maxima clam from Pacific East Aquaculture during the ct ffm. checked it out very well brought it home qt it and put it in my main tank.
well it died a week later. some one on here told me to look for parymid snails on it. well i didn't find anything on it, in it, or around it. now the only thing i have put in my main tank in the past 3 months was that clam and my hands and i know i didn't have any on me!!. Well i have lost 6 turbo snails in the past week. thought not much about it. well this morning surprize surprize, i see them on one of my snails. so what eats them, how do you get rid of them, and how long do the live with out anything to eat? |
03/27/2013, 08:06 AM | #2 |
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You sure it's pyramids? Take a picture and post it up here.
It could also be a polyclad flatworm in the tank. They eat clams and snails. Check the tank during the night as they are nocturnal. It'll looks like this...
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03/27/2013, 08:08 AM | #3 |
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melanurus wrasse
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03/27/2013, 09:38 AM | #4 |
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Yes take a picture, and
+2 on the polyclad flatworm, they killed my two clams and some snails Sana
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03/27/2013, 01:44 PM | #6 |
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what type of wrasse should i get??
i have: tangs, bicolor angel, clowns, rather fat watchman goby, softies,lps, and sps's
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03/27/2013, 01:45 PM | #7 |
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Yep, what a bummer. As mentioned the melanurus may take care of them, but it's not a definite on that. Manual removal will be your best bet.
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are these flatworms soft ? trying to figure out if I have the same thing in my tank; |
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thanks again for the clarification. |
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03/27/2013, 03:02 PM | #11 |
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I had a serious problem with Pyram snails in my tank. I put leopard wrasse in the tank and every single one of them was gone in a week. Haven't seen a single one since.
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03/27/2013, 07:47 PM | #12 |
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Upon occasion, you may see the stomatella blow what "looks like a puff of smoke". Dont freak out if you do. I assume its releasing sperm. Looks pretty cool when they do it.
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03/27/2013, 08:46 PM | #13 |
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Hmmm, a clam and 6 turbos? Pyramidal snails really don't kill things that fast. I'd be looking for another culprit - like maybe a Eunicid or Oenone Worm or the polyclad flatworm mentioned above.
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