Re: [RML] Egg Suckers

Adrian R. Tappin (atappin at ecn.net.au)
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 06:27:44 +1000

At 17:40 27/04/98 -0400, Dianne wrote:

>I wonder if they might be leeches. Do they kinda slither along the glass,
>long and then shorter with a more rounded body? soft bodies, no obvious
>segments or appendages, small head area without obvious eyes etc, paleish
>white, almost transparent, with a darkish center in the larger part of the
>body? Sometimes they come in with fresh fly larvae or red worms and
>sometimes with plants. I dont know about flubenol, it might be killing
>them.

That sort of describes them but so far I've only seen them in the spawning
mops. Also they're not really soft like a normal leech and don't contract
like leeches normally do? I've had leeches before.

Adrian.
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