FishDuJour
Aquarium Advice Newbie
HELP!
My tank all of a sudden is infested with these small (.5mm?) roundish striped egg looking things that have some small legs sticking out one side used for swimming. There are LOTS of them in the gravel, and a bunch are floating around the tank having a grand old time. The "shell" is split down the middle allowing the thing inside to stick out those legs.
In addition, I noticed only a few very small tubular white worms about the same size as the egg looking things. I imagine this is related.
I am preparing a hospital tank (10 gal) that I will move the Jack Dempsy and Convict to. I have added Maracyn2, Jungle Parasite Clear, CopperSafe, and Aquarium Salt to the hospital tank. May be overkill, but I've searched the net for a few days and can't pin down this pest!
Note that before moving the fish, I did add aquarium salt to my 30 gal tank. The little pests died off like I dropped a neutron bomb. some are still moving.
See attached pic of the small shelled creatures.
What are these things and what is the best course of treatment?
How do I sterilize the tank?
Will they come back?
Are they aliens?
HELP!!!!! and thanks!
My tank all of a sudden is infested with these small (.5mm?) roundish striped egg looking things that have some small legs sticking out one side used for swimming. There are LOTS of them in the gravel, and a bunch are floating around the tank having a grand old time. The "shell" is split down the middle allowing the thing inside to stick out those legs.
In addition, I noticed only a few very small tubular white worms about the same size as the egg looking things. I imagine this is related.
I am preparing a hospital tank (10 gal) that I will move the Jack Dempsy and Convict to. I have added Maracyn2, Jungle Parasite Clear, CopperSafe, and Aquarium Salt to the hospital tank. May be overkill, but I've searched the net for a few days and can't pin down this pest!
Note that before moving the fish, I did add aquarium salt to my 30 gal tank. The little pests died off like I dropped a neutron bomb. some are still moving.
See attached pic of the small shelled creatures.
What are these things and what is the best course of treatment?
How do I sterilize the tank?
Will they come back?
Are they aliens?
HELP!!!!! and thanks!