Yesterday after feeding my Yellow Shrimp some sinking vegetable pellets and brine shrimp pellets, I noticed some creatures that I had never seen before. I do believe there are at least 10 of these things in this tank. The tank is 10 gallons--pH 7.6, Nitrate 5ish, Nitrite 0, and Ammonia 0. There are Yellow (neocaridina) shrimp and Brig snails as well as a sole MTS snail. My best explanation of these critters is as follows. The largest one (that I've seen) is about 1 inch long. They are gray and flat and kinda look like a slug. They move kinda like a snail and remind me of a snail without a shell. The antennae are short and stubby, hardly noticeable. I have not seen them swim nor crawl up the glass, but they do go down in the substrate once the food has been eaten. I had a heck of a time snapping a good picture, so I went ahead and took a video.
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Any ideas what they could be? I'm tired of creepy crawly things in my shrimp tanks! :wall:
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Any ideas what they could be? I'm tired of creepy crawly things in my shrimp tanks! :wall:
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