serious infestation

[eric2]

Well this was a surprise i went into my snail tanks and found a few kinds of mites and worms
mite one - small and fast white
mite two - large fat slow also white
mite three- small black running on snails shells
mite four - red bummed mites

i think the worms are a larvae form of the flies
except one which measures around 1-2cm in length on the sides of the tanks

i am going to get rid of all the substrate, bath snails daily and thouroughly clean out the tanks

anything else i can do?

[LisaLQ]

Keep them on bare tanks for a bit, and make sure you remove poo and old food daily. ;D

[sezzy5889]

send all you snails to me!!

[Val]

Yes, that's a good idea Sarah, but I will take care of the megalobulimus ...... permanently!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D

Val

[LisaLQ]

I was thinking - could the two white mites and the one with the red bum be the same species? Maybe the red bum is because they're blood sucking evil little gits? ;D I know the mites we've just had here were white and there were different sizes. I did once see a tiny brown one too, but I just assume that's after they've had a drink.

Sending my sympathies though because it's a pain in the backside! Hope it's easily remedied

[georgie]

well hope you get rid of the infestation i dont know much about mites, but it seems you have lots of different types of them.