- Location
- Eastern Long Island
Ill post some pics a lil later but.. I had just bought a Sea Hare from a nice kid on here (hope he doesnt come across this thread) to mow down some leafy type of turf that bloomed when I dislodged a rock buried in my DSB. I also think the bloom was caused by using 76 tds water but thats besides the point..
So this Sea HAre (the brown kind) is in my tank for a couple days after a 2 hour acclimation. Hes moving arounf VERRY slow but i see he's eating so im like, ok.. its all good. 48 hours go by and i notice he hasnt moved from this corner. So on closer inspection I see some kind of white worm, possibly one from my one of my worm rocks is attatched to his head.
A two inch white worm from somewhere has BURROWED through this Sea Hares head! Both animals are now dead and smelled something awful after just 24-36 hours of death. But both were alive for a while, the worm curling its body in a spiral, the sea hare sluggishly moving around. I had aLOT to do that day so in the minute or two i had before I had to run out i tried to pull this worm off the Hare, it wasnt gonna budge so i had to go. When i got back the worm had burrowed straight through to the other side of its head and i knew it was all over.
I feel bad because the kid who sold it to me had a good attitude, primarily concerned with the health of his animals. I had ideal circumstances set up for the thing, with tufts of leafy turf from him to chow on but in my wildest dreams I never wouldve thought something from my worm rock would try to find a home inside a Sea Hare.
I have pics I just took, just need to find the transfer cable. Any thoughts or experience on this?
-Jay
So this Sea HAre (the brown kind) is in my tank for a couple days after a 2 hour acclimation. Hes moving arounf VERRY slow but i see he's eating so im like, ok.. its all good. 48 hours go by and i notice he hasnt moved from this corner. So on closer inspection I see some kind of white worm, possibly one from my one of my worm rocks is attatched to his head.
A two inch white worm from somewhere has BURROWED through this Sea Hares head! Both animals are now dead and smelled something awful after just 24-36 hours of death. But both were alive for a while, the worm curling its body in a spiral, the sea hare sluggishly moving around. I had aLOT to do that day so in the minute or two i had before I had to run out i tried to pull this worm off the Hare, it wasnt gonna budge so i had to go. When i got back the worm had burrowed straight through to the other side of its head and i knew it was all over.
I feel bad because the kid who sold it to me had a good attitude, primarily concerned with the health of his animals. I had ideal circumstances set up for the thing, with tufts of leafy turf from him to chow on but in my wildest dreams I never wouldve thought something from my worm rock would try to find a home inside a Sea Hare.
I have pics I just took, just need to find the transfer cable. Any thoughts or experience on this?
-Jay