[RML] Egg Suckers

Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Fri, 24 Apr 1998 08:56:06 +1000

I think I have a new egg-sucker in some of my breeding tanks. They are about
2-3 mm in length and about 1 mm wide. They are fairly firm to squeeze in the
fingers. The shape is elongated and wider at one end and when you look at
them under a magnifying glass you can see their internal organs?.

They are not planaria and do not stretch like planaria do. They actually
look like a small insect larvae similar but not the same as fly larvae?

Flubenol doesn't kill them so they're obviously not a nematode.

At this point of time I have them only in 2 tanks and are infecting the
mops. One mop had at least 20-30 of these slippery little monsters.

Anyone got any ideas?

Adrian.
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Adrian R. Tappin
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