Hi all, first post here so lets proceed with the question...
I have unwanted guests in my tank - I have identified nematodes quite easily enough and most of them are gone now but when they left there was something growing on the tank walls, see image here
http://77.101.116.153/t1.jpg
These things were waving around with the water pattern, anyway, after removing them with a scrubbing brush I saw the following:
http://77.101.116.153/t2.jpg
http://77.101.116.153/t3.jpg
These were swimming quite well, very different to the small nematodes I saw which generally try to swim but do not get anywhere. These things were able to travel quite easly in a swimming fashion. Its not vital any more that they are identified as the filter seems to have removed them all but if they come back I will get one out the tank and try a proper close up photo. It just bugs me that I cannot figure out what they are!
I have ruled out most parasites that I can Google (planaria and other larvae).
More info on the tank...
Its a 4ft Jewel bow fronted aquarium, 240L with Eheim Pro 2 filter housing a 12" chocolate Pleco and a 18" claria catfish. There are no plants just a large tube.
The tank has been purchased recently from a local shop, it was an ex demo unit and came with the gravel and used filter so I simply added water, let it get to temperature and then add the catfish, the pleco was purchased at a later date.
For anyone thats interested, I am making an arduino controller but I am focusing on an automatic water change. A bilge pump to remove water going outside to a sprayer to water the garden and a solenoid filler to drip feed into the tank for refilling. I will keep you updated on how that goes, just waiting on components.
Thanks all,
Gavin
I have unwanted guests in my tank - I have identified nematodes quite easily enough and most of them are gone now but when they left there was something growing on the tank walls, see image here
http://77.101.116.153/t1.jpg
These things were waving around with the water pattern, anyway, after removing them with a scrubbing brush I saw the following:
http://77.101.116.153/t2.jpg
http://77.101.116.153/t3.jpg
These were swimming quite well, very different to the small nematodes I saw which generally try to swim but do not get anywhere. These things were able to travel quite easly in a swimming fashion. Its not vital any more that they are identified as the filter seems to have removed them all but if they come back I will get one out the tank and try a proper close up photo. It just bugs me that I cannot figure out what they are!
I have ruled out most parasites that I can Google (planaria and other larvae).
More info on the tank...
Its a 4ft Jewel bow fronted aquarium, 240L with Eheim Pro 2 filter housing a 12" chocolate Pleco and a 18" claria catfish. There are no plants just a large tube.
The tank has been purchased recently from a local shop, it was an ex demo unit and came with the gravel and used filter so I simply added water, let it get to temperature and then add the catfish, the pleco was purchased at a later date.
For anyone thats interested, I am making an arduino controller but I am focusing on an automatic water change. A bilge pump to remove water going outside to a sprayer to water the garden and a solenoid filler to drip feed into the tank for refilling. I will keep you updated on how that goes, just waiting on components.
Thanks all,
Gavin
