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	Anacharis- possible snails or hitchhikers...
hb3133 Small Fry Posts: 4 Kudos: 2 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Jun-2006	-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I recently bought some Anacharis from an Ebay auction. When they arrived, I carefully washed them off. Upon closer inspection, I notice some grey circular objects on a few leaves. I cannot say for sure what they were. Could these be snail eggs? Also, on some of the leaves, there was some brownish material, almost like a small insect. I am wondering if these are hitchhikers and if so, how do I treat the plants? So far, I have them in a seperate bucket until I find more information. Any help would be highly appreciated
Posted 01-Jul-2006 06:31
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Eggs from snails as hitchhikers is rather common, and people with planted tanks more often than not will end up with some snails in their tank (myself included). Gray roundish objects don't seem to be snail eggs though, IMHO, as eggs are usually laid in a clear jelly-coated package. It could be baby snails though, I think small pond snails are rather flat and roundish. Brown material, I can only guess. As you don't mention that this material moves, I have to assume that it doesn't. This means to me that it most likely is some form of algae attached to the leaves. Can you describe it further? Some plants can be dipped into a bleach or Flourish Excel solution to kill of snails/algae. Neither nor would I suggest as a solution for your plants, as Anacharis (Egeria) is a rather sensitive plant towards such treatments. All you can do is rinse it off in flowing water and try to scrub off (with your fingers) as much of the gray/brown parts as possible. If there is one stem on which this should not succeed then you could still go ahead and dispose it. Hope this helps, Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 01-Jul-2006 10:51


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