Help Needed

[slawek]

Hi there, this is my first post, and I am a complete beginner.
Ok so I have a new tank been on for a couple of months, however I now have snails, I know there are other posts about snails but where exactly do I find info on what type they are and if I need to get shot of them.
Also I just found some other species skipping about. This ones about one and a half cm long, 6 legs kind of creamy but you can almost see through it, big head bulging eyes like an alien and a double prong like tail, can anyone help me?

 

[lilfishie]

sounds like a paraste, get rid of it immediately before it damages your fish if you have any

 

[slawek]

sounds like a paraste, get rid of it immediately before it damages your fish if you have any

Ok, but how, its really fast and I cant net it. . . . ?

 

[Ilya]

You can try to kill it. I herd if you put some salt in the tank, it kills the parasite, but doesn't harm the fish.

 

[lilfishie]

salt depends on the fish, things like loaches and plecos will not tolerate salt therefore will more than likely die if it was added, just try your best to remove it

 

[OrganizedChaos69]

Well all fish virtually like some amount of salt, even loaches. It provides electrolytes which are essential to a healthy fish. But the best way to remove parasites is through a medication. Adding extra salt is too risky.

 

[lilfishie]

well i wasn't sure on loaches but plecos it will kill or lower there quality of life, i'm sure its the same with loaches though

 

[OrganizedChaos69]

I don't know where you get your info from, but I add salt to all my tanks, and my loaches and plecos are the healthiest of alll the fish. Salt encourages the mucus coats on the fish to grow larger, and the mucus coats protect the fish from bacteria and fungal infections. As long as you don't add more than the salt container reccomends, then it won't harm your fish. I agree hoeever that loaches are some of the least tolerant fishes to salt, but the rivers and lakes they live in, are on ground, all ground contains some salts, so they lived with very small amounts of salts. All fish do, and it's helpful.

 

[lilfishie]

they may look healthy but you will find they live less, definatley in plecos as they are scaleless as are loaches, but if its only a very dilute solution it *might* not have the same effect

 

[OrganizedChaos69]

You can choose to do as you like, but I have found salt to be a very healthy addition to freshwater tanks and every store I have worked in has added salt to their freshwater tanks. I promise you you are wrong, but to each his own.

 

[slawek]

I got some info is it possible this may be some after egg dragon fly?

I don't know where you get your info from, but I add salt to all my tanks, and my loaches and plecos are the healthiest of alll the fish. Salt encourages the mucus coats on the fish to grow larger, and the mucus coats protect the fish from bacteria and fungal infections. As long as you don't add more than the salt container reccomends, then it won't harm your fish. I agree hoeever that loaches are some of the least tolerant fishes to salt, but the rivers and lakes they live in, are on ground, all ground contains some salts, so they lived with very small amounts of salts. All fish do, and it's helpful.

Salt, where do I get it? Fish shop?

 

[The_Dude]

Coppersafe! Stablized copper salt, kills all inverts, including that little monster that causes velvet. It'll take out the lil guys in your tank, but not your fish.

 

[slawek]

Coppersafe! Stablized copper salt, kills all inverts, including that little monster that causes velvet. It'll take out the lil guys in your tank, but not your fish.

Thats great thank you.

 

[cheesy feet]

Do not listen to OrganizedChaos69 he was proven rong about use of salts in aquariums br Dr, Neale nmonks and andwg!

 

[MHunt]

It could be a fish louse, get it out or kill it quick. Had these little bas***ds on my goldfish and they are a pain to get rid of once they take hold and multiply!