PicoReeferSF
Gustavo
@PicoReeferSF · 3 months ago

My snail seems to be freshly dead, but before I was about to take him out I noticed small red bugs. Any idea what that might be?

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Ok he might not be dead but he seems weak to react

I’m not quite sure, probably some sort of small crustacean that eats decaying matter. Almost like a fly or a gnat that swarm dead things

Alright we’ll go with under water gnat, that’s funny 😆

Those little red critters might be some kind of scavenger shrimp or amphipods feeding on the snail’s shell. Sometimes they show up when a snail is weak but before cleanup crews fully take over. Hope your snail pulls through!

Interesting and thanks! Good place to start doing some research on those

I had those in my tank! They were weird but didn’t seem to cause any harm 🤷‍♀️

aww thats rough hope u get it fixed!

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