Planaria in the tank and what else?

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Alistriwen

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
Hi all have a quick question I was hoping someone could answer for me.

I have a small 2.5 g tank Im using as a ghost shrimp delivery tank. Currently Ive got a pregnant ghost shrimp, some baby ghost shrimp and a clump of java moss in there with one of those little tiny filters that run on air pumps. While I was looking into the tank to see the babies I noticed what Im pretty sure were planaria on the glass. About a cm long or so with light pink in the centre and white everywhere else. I also however noticed what looked like tiny little fish swimming along the glass really quickly and occaisionally swimming into the water.

My question is what these might be? My only idea was baby rosy barbs since they kind of look like that at first but I have no idea how theyd have arrived there since the java moss was never in contact with the rosies. These things have big round heads and little tiny tails it looks like, they look white. Any ideas what they might be if they arent fry?
 
How would roseybarb fry get into your tank? I doubt the eggs would survive in the javamoss.
 
It could happen during a water change, that would be the only time I can think of as java moss can get moved around if it gets sucked up by the python. I doubt thats what they are though. I just dont know what else fits the description. If it's something like ich spores or what not Id move the pregnant ghost shrimp out and bleach the tank.
 
Pixy Blood;1213282; said:
How would roseybarb fry get into your tank? I doubt the eggs would survive in the javamoss.

I've transported Rainbow Fish fry in Java moss unknowingly. They spawned continuously in the tank at the store I worked at (and constantly eate their fry, apparently), and I didn't even think about it when I took the moss home. A coupla days later... Rainbow Fry. Didn't even keep the moss fully submerged in transport, just damp.
 
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