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    Default Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    Hi Guys -

    I turned the heat up to 88F this morning to see if it would help my snakeskin's eat... A few hours later I found this - dead and floating at the top of the tank.. Can anyone ID this? I'm assuming the heat killed it??? I message a few members privately but they don't seem to think it's planaria because of its size.

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    pH 6.8
    Ammonia 0ppm
    Nitrite 0ppm
    Nitrates 5ppm


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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    It almost looks like a leech

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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    Someone else mentioned that to me also... Said it could have been in my freeze dried black worms... Do you think it would have been more shriveled if it came in with those?? I did feed them a FDBW cube about 30 mins before I found this floating at the top dead...

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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    It could have been introduced dead in the FDBW IMO .
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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    That's a real possibility. It may have been re-hydrated???

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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    I can't wait for the day that I won't be completely freaked out by everything I see/find in this tank!!!!

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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    Quote Originally Posted by Acerrato View Post
    I can't wait for the day that I won't be completely freaked out by everything I see/find in this tank!!!!
    That day is not close at hand, lol...

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    Default Re: Turned heat up.. found a small dead slug in tag??? Rhabdocolea flatworm?

    I didn't think so

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