What is this?

[Armson]

I saw this on the glass of my viv. What is this?

[Armson]

This is a damn Nemertean isn't it?

[ChrisK]

Was the "head" moving around a lot?

[frogparty]

Sure looks like a proboscis Nemertean to me. Bye bye microfauna

[tclipse]

Here, you'll be needing this

[DannyMeister]

Sorry

Did you just introduce something new to the viv? I learned the hard way to give all new plants a lengthy quarantine time because despite my best plant-cleaning efforts I got nemerteans as well.

[Ed]

It is a nemertean.

Ed

[tahir tareen]

i know that these ugly things eat up microfauna, but how bad are they to have in vivs with frogs, i mean do most of you break down a tank because you find some or try to remove them by hand or just try to ignore them? i can see how in smaller tanks their population will boom and destroy microfauna, which is what seems to be happening in my cristobal froglets viv so im considering taking it down and starting another. I'm reluctant because i have read of many people who tore down, sterilized and started another tank only to find them again, bummer because they are so gross looking.

[Ed]

Not only do they feed on the microfauna but they alos will feed on the fruit flies you put into the cage for the frogs. This means that there any restraints on the populations due to food limits really don't exist.

Ed

[tahir tareen]

yea i learned recently that the dead fruit flies on the glass were victims of the nemertean. it would be interesting to actually see one consuming a ff.