Leeches, yuck.

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Hello,

It appears I have a leech infestation in one of my axolotl tanks. Normally any & all critters are welcome, but these little boogers are starting to get on my axies so they have to go. I figure it comes down to either remove axolotls and introduce a chemical or predator to kill them, or drain the whole tank, dry it out to kill everything and then refill & re-cycle it. Is there an easier way to rid the tank of these little f@#!ers? One of the leeches tried to suck Nuggets eyeball. He's fine, but the leeches really pissed me off. They messed with my baby and now it's personal :violent::kill::violent:
 
Martin21114 said:
Hello,

It appears I have a leech infestation in one of my axolotl tanks. Normally any & all critters are welcome, but these little boogers are starting to get on my axies so they have to go. I figure it comes down to either remove axolotls and introduce a chemical or predator to kill them, or drain the whole tank, dry it out to kill everything and then refill & re-cycle it. Is there an easier way to rid the tank of these little f@#!ers? One of the leeches tried to suck Nuggets eyeball. He's fine, but the leeches really pissed me off. They messed with my baby and now it's personal :violent::kill::violent:
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0.0 eeeeek that sounds awful!

Sorry I can't offer anything helpful -
I'd be icked out by leeches too o_O

Hope it's not hard to rid the tank of the little blood suckers!



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Leeches hate salt-- i think it is the most natural way to kill them by increasing the salt level in the water with aquarium or table salt, but you would have to re-cycle the tank, and pull out all the plants, tankmates and the lotls.

If you have plants. Keep them in QT for at least 3 weeks, or more, they will die of hunger.
 
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