found this in the top of my filter

[bsr8129]

Im guessing its a slug of some type and it must not need water as it started to crawl out of the net i caught it in. Is this harmful for my koi? I just got new plants could it have come in on them? hard to see this thing go through my pump as it was caked in string algae that water barly gets through it.

 

[addy1]

slimy slug, they love moisture, I find them all the time on damp things. pots sitting on the ground etc. yucky! one critter I don't care for lol.

 

[marla]

Gross....a big one too, I never see them with antena

 

[stroppy]

looks like a common garden slug to me wouldnt be any harm to your fish ...big fish would eat it probably given the chance

 

[sissy]

yep I have seen them in my pond and my aggie just snatched it up and hummm humm good I guess lol

 

[shakaho]

As tasty as snails, but without the crunch from the shell.

 

[sissy]

oh dear no crunchies soggy mess yukk

 

[j.w]

Slugs are my most feared critters................I know they can't hurt you but they just make me want to hurl whenever I get near one. We have lots of rain here and there are tons of the slimy beasts everywhere. We have huge banana slugs in our rain forests:

 

[addy1]

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW yuck

We used to run barefoot as kids here in maryland, would step on those slimy suckers, totally gross, but ours are a lot smaller than that jw...............

You can keep them!