Snail Parasites

[Lakea]

I got some snails to raise for food, but today I found a transparent worm coming from the snail and I am guessing it is a parasite. My first thoughts were to toss the snails, but I figure I'd ask first. Is there any way to treat snails for parasites without killing the snails? Thank you!

[Angila]

I am sorry i can't help you but good luck :c12: Wild turkey might know

[Steff]

If it is a leech, just wait, until it leaves the snail, then put it out. You should keep new snails in quarantine for a couple of weeks.

[Lakea]

I really don't think its a leech, my fear is that it might be a nematode, it look very similar to a roundworm. There were a couple on the tank wall, but they died and I assume because they couldn't attach to a snail. These snails are in a 2g that was pretty much their quarentine tank.

[houie925]

generally snails will be killed by the meds that kill parasites

[cocoa_pleco]

yep, any copper meds will kill inverts. copper is what is in most anti-parasite meds.

[Lakea]

Yeah, I kind of figured any anitparasite stuff would kill the snails.

Well I looked in the tank this morning and the wormy things were gone, so Steff was probably right that they were leeches. I am going to do a wc today and see if I can't find the little buggers.

[Steff]

To my knowledge nematodes do not harm snails and fish, I have plenty of them in my tank. I heared that fish love to eat nematodes.

[Wild Turkey]

Yea like the others said, not much you can except remove the snails one at a time that dont have any attached. 99% chance anything that kills the parasites will kill the snails as well