"Sandi" wrote in message
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I have a tank that is exclusively for mollies, except for 2 striped
talking cat fish.

The fish all seem well and healthy but I've noticed these little
wrigglies in the tank.

It's impossible to take a photo as they are only a maximum of 2mm
long so
I've done my best to do a drawing. their colour is white and they
seem to
stick mainly to the glass or rocks, they're not really free swimming.
They look a little like octopus or squid but have lots of long thin
hair
like "strings" for want of a better word at their back end. (At least
I
assume it's their back end).

The fish don't seem remotely interested in them,, either as food or
anything else.

The fish are mainly fed on flake and frozen but once a week or so
they
get live bloodworm, occasionally brine shrimp and very very
occasionally
daphnia.

Can anyone give me an idea what they could be so maybe I could look
them
up to check and see if they're likely to harm the fish.

My little drawing is he
http://www.sunrise1.plus.com/wrigglies.htm



Wrigglies are usually some member of nemotodia, like planaria. From
your
picture, I would research the Coelenterata phylum, particularly Hydra
(americana, vulgaris etc) or Chlorohydra (viridissima..). Drop one of
your gouramis in there for a week ;~), they usually like em.
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Mmm - there isn't anything that's EXACTLY the same in those but Hydra
vulgaris is the closest.
Tend to be of the mind that "if it ain't broke etc etc" but will
leaving
them to sort themselves out harm the fish?
Not keen on swapping gouramis over - mollies are in salted water and my
gouramis aren't used to that.


Until sorted, fry, fish eggs and micro-organisms might be at risk (not
that you have too much to worry about with livebearers and their large
fry). I would reduce the feeding (entirely for 4-5 days) to see if that
doesn't put things in order. This might interrupt the creature's food
supply, and draw their attention to the Mollies.
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