is this even possible.

[2e0raf]

I have foud a very strange looking creature stuck to the side of my tank. at first i thought it wass a coiled up worm but then i noticed it had to tenticles. and the coiled up bit appears to be a shell. it kinda looks like a brine shrimp. i fed my fish a couple of bags last month. could it be that one surived!!!!!!!! the onluy other option is it that it is a snail. but i havent introduced any plants or fish for a good few months. could it be that i have my own livig organisam evolving in my tank

 

[NoDeltaH2O]

First off, let me say one of my alltime favorite sayings:

Anything is possible

How big is it? I just was given a nice link to a page that helped me ID some of my UFOs (unidentified fishtank objects): http://www.shrimpnow.com/modules.php?name=Content&file=viewarticle&id=33

Does it look anything like this:

or this:

Those 2 things are HYDRA, which most agree are pretty bad things to have in your tanks. I had them in my river tank but they're all gone now through no effort on my part. Maybe the hungry fish ate them all up.

 

[fishtankmaster5]

do you have any pics

 

[NoDeltaH2O]

here is apic of a copepod:

Kinda looks like a shell with tentacles

However, you may just have a snail, as I have seen them before appear to have VERY LONG tentacles, I guess it was just their antennae, or whatever you call those 2 things oin their heads.

 

[2e0raf]

dident have my camera on me at the time. id doesent look like anything lik the pictures. its very small about the half the size of a pea has a round shell that logs like a coil. its head apears flat and it has two antenie on either side. next time i see it i will try to get a photo.
if it is a snail where would it have come from??? and is it dangerous to my fish?

 

[punkrockfish]

sounds like a snail, and have you had snails in there before? when was the last time you added new plants or fish? snails can remain hidden for a while and then one day you see them on the side of your tank, at least that is in my experience.

 

[2e0raf]

i last added polants about a month ago. are snail dangerous to my fish??? do i need to get rid or is ok to leave it there

 

[punkrockfish]

snails wont hurt your fish, and having some snails in a tank is usually good for the whole ecosystem balance.

 

[dizzyangelfish]

We had like 52 snails once. They never ever hurt our fish, though now they're in a different tank. If you have 2 though, belive me you will probably soon have 200 or so!!!

 

[2e0raf]

thay are snails... i fished 5 out at last count when i was siphoning the gravil the fish dont seam to mind them quite the opposit the platie fry i has is fining them most amusing. i supose i will leave them there if thay will no do any harm besides thay are somthing differant to lookat and the best bit is thay were free

 

[Kuroshio]

LOL. watch out! you might find you have more than planned on. snails are hermaphrodite and after mating can store sperm received for up to a year. only one brought into a tank can turn into a few hundred pretty quickly.....