rbaby Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 I bought 4 ceriths tonight, all of them were doing great. Walked by the tank and saw a big blob of slime (ie snail defensive mechanism?) and saw a "bristle" looking worm with a mouth I don't typically see on my typical bristles...very peachy pale, little black dot eyes and fat. Tried to get it out--but all I got was slime goo and is 1 snail less...pretty sure that none of the 4 snails were dead when I put them in there so I really don't think it was a bristle eating dead tissue... Anyone experience this or have insight? Link to comment
rbaby Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 I found in WetWebMedia: "Dead ones, yes. Live ones, no. There is a type of worm that is bright red, long and thin that prey on snails by smothering them in mucous before eating them." Does anyone know what these worms are called? Link to comment
rbaby Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Maybe it is oenone fulgida? [insert expletive that starts with an F ... with a trailing sound] Link to comment
rbaby Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 [insert expletive that starts with an F ... with a trailing sound] I took out the entire right side of my rocks...going to boil it tomorrow. It's in a vat of freshwater right now but I don't see it coming out--what are the chances that it bounced to the other island of rocks? I read that they stay pretty stationary in their chosen home. Link to comment
mpc Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 If you had only one then it would have been better to use a worm trap. Link to comment
rbaby Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 If you had only one then it would have been better to use a worm trap. My rocks are small Link to comment
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