hi my peacock which i have only had for a few weeks has shell disease...white turning brown=( i knew when i purchased him he had the disease but thought through lots of feeding ,good water quality, low lighting, and iodine for his molting would nurse him back to better health after a few molts. however i found out just recently under closer examination that he also has a parasitic crustacean or snail/ under his pleopods? I heard they can prevent them from molting...which would doom them to the shell disease/ if there's anything i can do please help me with any suggestions...thanks
peacock double disease please help
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Gangsta Nemo
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The snail has to be removed.. How badly this affects them I cannot answer. Dr. Roy can much better tell you the affects .This puts you at a catch 22 ...You want to feed as much enriched or fortified food as possible to enduce a molt but at the same time you need to remove the snail before doing so as to not comprimise the molt.
Pea-brain
In Memoriam
The animal will not be able to molt if it has a parasitic snail on it. You will have to remove it somehow. I would think as soon as you do it will molt. BTW stop dosing iodine. Iodine is hard to measure in the water, it gets absorbed fairly fast and all the iodine the animal needs can be had through a good diet and water changes. Iodine is also pretty easy to overdose. MOre work than its worth and too dangerous IMO.
Dan
Dan
thanks for the help everyone, I will stop with the iodine and try to remove the snail..though i dont know how to do it without getting smashed fingers...construction gloves? Anyone know any tips on how to handle a peacock with out injury? or how to remove the snail itself...info on the snail? thanks a bunch for the help again
Gonodactylus
Premium Member
Solowhert,
There are no reports of ectoparasitic snails in O. scyllarus. THis would be a first. If you remove it, I would really appreciate receiving it, but it would have to be preserved immediately in 95% ethyl alcohol or sent to be live. PM me if you have any questions. Thanks.
Roy
There are no reports of ectoparasitic snails in O. scyllarus. THis would be a first. If you remove it, I would really appreciate receiving it, but it would have to be preserved immediately in 95% ethyl alcohol or sent to be live. PM me if you have any questions. Thanks.
Roy
Gonodactylus
Premium Member
We have been in contact by PM and my guess is that is a parasitic clam that grows in the gill. I've never seen one on Odontodactylus, but you never know.
Roy
Roy
