crab parasites(crabs from crabs?)

pikeman

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Hi, Has anybody caught any type of parasite from inverts in a chiclid tank? Thanx
 

guppy

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Leeches, tiny ones that came in on a crayfish, I threw in some guppies after getting rid of the cray, they ate the leeches and the pike cichlid ate them. I don't know if that type leech feeds on fish or just crays.
 

ahmiao

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pikeman said:
Hi, Has anybody caught any type of parasite from inverts in a chiclid tank? Thanx
i am curious as how it would look like.
 

Veneer

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May 17, 2005
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guppy said:
Leeches, tiny ones that came in on a crayfish, I threw in some guppies after getting rid of the cray, they ate the leeches and the pike cichlid ate them. I don't know if that type leech feeds on fish or just crays.
Are you referring to the small white worms often seen about the rostra of crayfish? If so, they're commensals, as opposed to parasites, and, furthermore, cannot survive on fish.
 

guppy

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Very good to know, they worried me.
 
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