Do Brigs grow back doors?

leeser28

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Well, like the title asks, if a Brig has lost it's trap door will it grow back? I noticed 2 doors on the sand and one snail dead. The other maroon has also lost its door, but is alive and moving around. The 2 purple in the tank are fine. I did notice a worm come from one of the purple brigs - I thought it was poo until it landed and then started to move - it was brownish -- not a white nematode or a planaria -- too cylindrical for planaria, it actually almost looked like it has little legs??? Any ideas or advice besides a sand vac and water change?
 
Anyone??
 
Doesn't sound good, I have no idea. In my experience the loss of their trap door leads to death. Sorry, hopefully someone else can give you ideas for deworming them, I know you can't use the food for fish on snails.
I would isolate the rest if not done so already and do some really good vacs in the tank. Most snail parasites also prey on fish. You can treat the fish in the tank for parasites, but don't put the snails back in there until all the meds are out. I heard you can use fresh garlic juice too. But I don't know what kind of parasite this is.
 
Thanks. There's only one BN Pleco in the tank and some shrimp. Because of the shrimp I couldn't really medicate, I'll just clean as best as I can.
 
OK, on closer look there is a bit of a planaria outbreak - but one of my brigs seems to be chasing them down and eating them. I also read that a brig in an aquarium can survive without its opperculum, but I'm still worried. Any suggestions??
 
i've had a little jade brigg live just fine without it's trap door in my community tank. i would have thought the fish would pick on it but they leave him alone. hasn't grown quite the same size wise as the others from the same clutch but it's shell is healthy and it eats just as well as the others. i did consider euthanizing it but kept putting it off and am glad now that i didn't because i would have 'killed' an otherwise perfectly healthy snail.

maybe you might consider moving this snail with no door to a tank of it's own? a little 2 gallon with a small filter would be sufficient. that way you could rest any fears that the fish in the current tank would pick on it.

as for clearing up the worm problem..... water changes and gravel vacs, more water changes, more gravel vacs. and feed less.
 
One of my canas damaged more than half of his door. I could still not figure out how that happened but he is already about 18 months old. He's doing well so far despite his damaged operculum (about 60% gone).
 
never knew them to regrow this back,.. also just veiwing the title i read it as do briggs grow a "back door" :lol2: i was trying to figure out why they needed one :lol2:

don't worry i'll be alright :rolleyes:
 
LOL -- after I posted I got the same giggle Dixie :)

I haven't read that they can grow the opperculum back, but since he's in a protected environment he doesn't really need it so much. I just wish I knew why he lost it.
 
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