Sweet_Sassy
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So I have a little pea puffer and so I have started breeding my snails. I have a mixture of mini ramshorns, pond, bladder, and Malaysian trumpets. I got all of them except the mini ramshorns from pet stores. Now, I haven't been feeding the snails to the pea puffer yet since I don't have a big enough stock, so if these are parasites, he doesn't have them and hasn't been exposed to them. Anyways, I had a small temporary container set up for a couple of weeks while I worked on getting a better setup for the snails. Within that time, they laid about 20 egg sacs on the sides of the tank so I am keeping it set up until the babies hatch. I have been checking on the eggs every day and today I noticed these 2 different types of small white bugs and a sort of worm, which I am assuming is a nematode. I won't be putting any of the water in with my fish when the eggs hatch so I am not worried about them spreading to my other tanks but I was just curious if these would be bad for the snail eggs? I have another, smaller, container that has 4 egg sacs and doesn't seem to have any of these little critters in it. I would assume that they aren't harmful but I was wondering if anyone could Identify what they could possibly be? One of the bug-looking thing seems distinguishable since it has 2 round parts at the top and a long body. I am having trouble researching these guys since I don't even know where to start. I would appreciate the help!
p.s. They 100% are not baby snails! They are moving way too fast. The first picture is with the magnifying glass and the second is zoomed in on that picture for all 3 little critters. They are so tiny!! (The things inside the black circles are the snail eggs- I did that so they were easier to see and find)
p.s. They 100% are not baby snails! They are moving way too fast. The first picture is with the magnifying glass and the second is zoomed in on that picture for all 3 little critters. They are so tiny!! (The things inside the black circles are the snail eggs- I did that so they were easier to see and find)