Slug in new tank

[Sunny.C]

Hey guys i saw a little slug looking thin crawling in my gravel but then i lost it...Is this bad of will my fish kill the bugga soon Also do fish eat the live plants?

 

[Sunny.C]

help anyone?

 

[pica_nuttalli]

as far as i know, there are no aquatic or semi-aquatic slugs that live in freshwater. so whatever you saw, probably already drowned and is decaying in your gravel. try being extra thorough in your next water-change/gravel-vacuum. have you added anything to your tank recently? like new plants or driftwood?

as for fish eating your plants, you'd have to tell us what kind of fish you have and what size tank for us to be able to help you.

 

[black angel]

could it have been a leech? these sometimes hitch rides on plants.

 

[pica_nuttalli]

could it have been a leech? these sometimes hitch rides on plants.

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LOL, yep, that's a mistype. don't know where my brain was

 

[abstract]

as far as i know, there are no aquatic or semi-aquatic snails that live in freshwater.

huh? am i misreading this, or did you mistype? it could have been a small snail since you got new plants from the sound of it...even if you didn't get them recently there could have been eggs on it.

 

[WILDER]

Has it come into the tank on some live plants you have just added.

 

[abstract]

did you have to start another topic? or did you lose this one? lol

 

[abstract]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=97008&st=0&

 

[Sunny.C]

most probably.

 

[Sunny.C]

I have added new plants and wood.... and yes i posted twice by accident.

 

[MAM]

Since both topics had responses, I merged them. Carry on.

 

[Torrean]

i found a leech when I was going through live plants once.

 

[Sunny.C]

This one was very small,black and it's kinda blended in with the gravel....
Would it die should i be worried about it??? or will my bristle nose go for the kill will looking for food

 

[black angel]

leeches are black, arent they? dont know what damage they can do though.