[Asu1776]

I tore this tank down over 2 months ago, but kept the substrate and fish in there as I waited for my new tank to cycle. Once I moved all the livestock from this tank, I decided to muck around the substrate a little. Guess what I found.

 

[Asu1776]

Yeah, I think that's most likely the case. Before, I was never careful about sanitizing my plants when I received them from other people or through websites cause I was too eager to plant right away. Kind of makes me glad I got good planting tongs instead of digging my fingers into the substrate. Now I pot perm dip all new plants. :thumbsup:

 

[Asu1776]

Well this is a definite reason for me to start bleaching my plants instead of just tap water washing! do they leech onto your fish? I don't even know if we have leeches in England, I presume so haha, tongs it is!

Nope, they don't leech on to your fish. That's a good thing. Not sure if they attack shrimp since most online resources say they eat detritus. They left these eggs you see here, under my staurogyne repens and AR mini. I was wondering what those were for so long.

 

[Asu1776]

Those look like limpit eggs


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In my experience, these turned out to be limpet eggs. A lot smaller. Almost microscopic.

Those are anubias nana leaves. Super small eggs, but noticeable with a careful eye.

 

[Asu1776]

and I assume the potassium permanganate is shrimp safe?

Not safe for shrimps. I pot perm my plants outside first for 30 mins to 1 hr, then rinse and plant. Ideally, a 2 -3 week quarantine would eliminate the chance of unaffected eggs hatching.

 

[Asu1776]

Too bad about the leeches, but if it were me I'd be glad to have the worms as a source of fish food.

That's what I thought too. My nematodes made great snacks for my neon tetras, but these worms are larger than the fish!