Re: [RML] Egg Suckers

Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:16:41 +1000

I remember getting some small pale grey leeches in with Tubifex once -
about 3 - 4 mm long and quite tough to squash

Regards,
Bruce.

Bruce Hansen, ANGFA, caring for our aquatic ecosystems.

Please visit us at http://www.ozemail.com.au/~fisher/angfa.htm

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> From: Vermillion, Dianne <DVER at son.rochester.edu>
> To: list rainbowfish <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [RML] Egg Suckers
> Date: Tuesday, 28 April 1998 7:40
>
> Adrian wrote:
>
> "No, no really their body is a larger at one end and fleshy with a dark
> internal mass. Actually they are reducing in numbers. I don't know if the
> Flubenol is eventually killing them or if they have hatch..."
>
> ..............................................................
> I wonder if they might be leeches. Do they kinda slither along the glass,
> long and then shorter with a more rounded body? soft bodies, no obvious
> segments or appendages, small head area without obvious eyes etc,
paleish
> white, almost transparent, with a darkish center in the larger part of
the
> body? Sometimes they come in with fresh fly larvae or red worms and
> sometimes with plants. I dont know about flubenol, it might be killing
> them.