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05-17-2006, 09:20 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
Posts: 2,072
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Dreaded Planaria?
Found these little white oval disc's on my rock....the rock was recently cooked. These disc's don't appear to move but they are incresing in number (practically overnight!) They don't come off the rock even when I've brushed them with a tooth brush-very strong hold and have an almost shiny surface under the light (sorta like plastic), although it is not plastic! Not a great picture, but please take a look...they are not square in any way like pic's I have seen of red planaria , but they appear to proliferate like I've read planaria does...any thoughts, suggestions?....
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05-17-2006, 10:03 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
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Please take a guess, send me someplace to look through pests...I'm really at a loss as to what the heck this is....
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05-17-2006, 10:11 PM
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OIFVet
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: illinois
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Foramiferans Don't know if the spellings right but look them up on here, If that's what they are they're harmless, Just a guess though
jd
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05-17-2006, 10:50 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
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Thank you mucho! Just don't even know where to begin! Thanks again!!
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05-17-2006, 11:36 PM
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Country Living
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Do they look like white sesame seeds? If so, probably your turbo snails laying eggs.
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05-18-2006, 12:09 AM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Hi Viv, You know we need better pix, try flash, or turn off the tank lights and try some spotlights. Your description sounds like stomatella, maybe limpets, definitely not flatworms
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05-18-2006, 01:53 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
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Well, I've been serching the web, it looks like baby barnacles...but I don't see any egg casings, that they would have hatched from...I will try to get a better pic, the camera batteries need a charging....but as soon as they charge I'll post more pics...
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05-18-2006, 05:34 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NEW YORK
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Took some more pics...don't know that they're better, but here they are...
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05-18-2006, 05:43 PM
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OIFVet
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: illinois
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i cant tell from the pics but do they have a spiral shape to them, I have literally thousands of little tiny white spirals. They are very hard and only a couple of millimeters wide, they're a type of hard tube fan worm i believe, if you look very very closely you can see the little tiny fan. Just another guess 
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05-18-2006, 07:06 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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I agree with JD. just another filter feeder. they shouldn't be a problem with anybody else in the tank.
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