Hi. New guy, first post. And nice to meetcha! My question is this: Our outdoor pond is infested with those small, black snails. If we feed them to our loaches will they carry flukes, nematodes or other microscopic terrorist cells?
Wild snails for loaches
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Snails like almost everything else can carry disease and parasite but it is not common in this country. By the way, welcome to the site.
Thanks for the input. The "pond" is a fiberglass 12 foot Sears Gamefisher and it has housed many, many generations of mosquito fish. Goldfish thrive in it until the racoons find them (happens every time) and they become 'coon sushi. They got the bulfrogs, too, the other night. Coons eat the larger trapdoor snails, but they don't bother the 'squito fish or small snails. I was taking a sort of inventory when I got the idea that the snails might make a protein rich treat for rapidly growing clown loaches. Also, we noticed these clear little 'water fleas' in there, or water lice? I'm going to do a web search about those, but they definitely aren't clinging to the remaining goldfish or the snails.
Also on my google search I saw some great cures for head lice, but that's for another thread I guess...
repair said:Bears love racoons
Oh, we've got bears, too. All they seem interested in though is garbage
ITS NOT AGOOD IDEA TO PUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN YOUR TANK i LEARNED THE HARD WAY MY FRIEND HAD SOME TADPOLE IN HIS AND I FED THEM TO MY FISH I LOST A LONG NOSE GAR AND A HYSTRIX STINGRAY
It's not the best idea.
I'd recomend netting some big snails from the pond out, put them in a small tank and let them breed in there while you quarantine them for any parasites.
I'd recomend netting some big snails from the pond out, put them in a small tank and let them breed in there while you quarantine them for any parasites.
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I am curious as to what is being identified as fish lice
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I am curious as to what is being identified as fish lice
Here are pics of true fish lice, the argulus and the Ergasilus sieboldi, both parasitic crustaceans.The little dots on the fish are argulus.