Millipede found!

[TPG]

Ok so I was feeding my darts the other day, and to my surprise, I saw a millipede on one of my ghost wood branches. It was about one and a half inches long. I've had snails pop up in this tank before but never anything like this. Everything I use in my tanks comes from companies like Blackjunge, Vivariumconcepts, Dartfrogmegastore, Petco/Petsmart (Eco Earth and other substrates) and sometimes a few broms or ferns from Greenthumb (in which case I remove as much of their soil from the plant as possible before introducing them to my tanks). In other words, there's no "backyard" stuff in my tanks.

Has anyone else had this occur in their tanks? I'd really like to know where it came from. I don't know anything about millipedes, but since it was over an inch long I'm guessing that it was there for awhile before I finally noticed it.

Thanks

[Grimm]

Ive never had any, but I recal Marty's 90 gallon tank having a huge outbreak of millipedes that needed a CO2 blast. Keep an eye out for a growing population, and remove the ones you can find.

[JoeG]

I just had a similar experience. I am pretty good about rinsing the soil, etc.. and last week I found 3 snails in one of my vivs!! I hand picked them and gave them a salt bath for their troubles but luckily I have not had any major outbreaks requiring a CO2 bath.

Like Grimm suggested...keep an eye out and good luck!