My assassin snail was acting strange earlier. Likely unrelated but it was odd that when I checked in to see if he still had his mouth waving all around the tank, long-style like a worm, I found this. Thing. An inch long and sliming all around my tank. Final picture is the weird trail it's leaving behind (above yellow line). I love new creatures but I want to be sure it's not needing help or going to hurt my khulis.
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My assassin snail was acting strange earlier. Likely unrelated but it was odd that when I checked in to see if he still had his mouth waving all around the tank, long-style like a worm, I found this. Thing. An inch long and sliming all around my tank. Final picture is the weird trail it’s leaving behind (above yellow line). I love new creatures but I want to be sure it’s not needing help or going to hurt my khulis.
Edit:
Brown on top, yellowish on the bottom, seems to be excreting as it goes.
Definitely take it out, put it in a jar, and take better pictures
Hard to tell, could it be a terrestrial slug that has fallen in and needs to get out before it drowns? The little antennae make it look like a slug or snail. The only freshwater slugs it could be are acochlidium but I don’t have enough experience with them to know if it is one.
Your ludwidgia looks like it’s potassium and iron deficient
Sure looks like a terrestrial slug. Weird.
BTW, heater touching substrate = bad.