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Leighlou
08-13-2009, 1:24 PM
So I noticed this morning while looking at my fish tank that they are something moving along under the gravel. So I looked closer and it looks like a little worm or something, and there is more then one. Then I can kinda see what I think is a sucker or a mouth on the wider end of it. Now I'm completely confused, I don't have a algae eater in my tank, but I did just get rid of a really bad case of brown/red algae. This things are maybe a centimeter long and super thin, any ideas?

E-J
08-13-2009, 1:28 PM
Planara

Leighlou
08-13-2009, 1:56 PM
thats it, thank you!

Lupin
08-13-2009, 5:47 PM
Yep. It must have been because of the overfeeding incident, Leigh. Vacuuming them thoroughly and then cutting back on food for a moment should help though.

Flaringshutter
08-14-2009, 11:18 PM
:iagree:

E-J
08-14-2009, 11:20 PM
Planara
no problem, it happened to me before too. I imagine it happens at least once to everyone.

maxking23
08-20-2009, 11:51 PM
It should be spelt as Planaria right? :)

Some pictures of Planaria for those who don't know:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enSG264SG271&resnum=0&q=Planaria&cts=1250830228900&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi