is this leeching?

**jimmytruong87** · 02-09-2013, 05:33 PM

i just saw little red worm , fat, and short in my fish tank .Any one knows this worm? or it maybe a leech
sorry about my camera

lochaber · 02-10-2013, 01:25 AM

It's really hard to tell from the pic. have you seen it move at all?

Look for a ring-like structure (similar to earthworms(same phyla)) to it's body.

See if it tends to anchor one end or the other and reach out with the other when it moves -leeches have a sucker at each end of the body.

02-09-2013, 05:33 PM	#1
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02-10-2013, 01:25 AM	#2
lochaber Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 814	It's really hard to tell from the pic. have you seen it move at all? Look for a ring-like structure (similar to earthworms(same phyla)) to it's body. See if it tends to anchor one end or the other and reach out with the other when it moves -leeches have a sucker at each end of the body.