How To Effectively Rid Tank Of Worms?

[JBlacksmith]

I appear to be having a worm problem in my fourteen gallon, and was wondering if anyone had any advice for getting rid of them? I transferred the gravel from an axolotl tank after a thorough rinsing in cold water. They are fed blackworms and it seems as though a worm or some segments remained and multiplied. I lost a total of fifteen fish over approximately a month. I don't know that blackworms reproduce that quickly, but I have zero ideas as to what else could have caused these deaths. Could anyone help me with this, and does anyone have other ideas about what could've been wrong with the tank?

 

[BerryAttack]

get a bucket ( or empty tank) move the heater and a bubblier to the other tank or bucket with the fish and move them without any of the aquarium water.. treating the water for the fish.
drain your tank completely and leave for a few weeks to dry out (if you have live plants move them to a separate bucket and look over before putting together) drying OR
drain, remove all gravel, scrub tank.. look over filter to make sure they aren't in there. have a bear bottom tank with fish.. with gravel place on flat level area to dry completely for a week or so then look over and clean remaining worm bodies.. then rinse the crap out of it, allow it to soak in treated water and place back in tank.
 
oh and those types of worms shouldn't be harming the fish, and the death of your fish should be another reason, cut back on feeding and make sure that your water quality is good.. with feeding make sure you leave NO food behind... and repeat feeding 2 times a week, then vacuuming remaining food.

 

[JBlacksmith]

get a bucket ( or empty tank) move the heater and a bubblier to the other tank or bucket with the fish and move them without any of the aquarium water.. treating the water for the fish.
drain your tank completely and leave for a few weeks to dry out (if you have live plants move them to a separate bucket and look over before putting together) drying OR
drain, remove all gravel, scrub tank.. look over filter to make sure they aren't in there. have a bear bottom tank with fish.. with gravel place on flat level area to dry completely for a week or so then look over and clean remaining worm bodies.. then rinse the crap out of it, allow it to soak in treated water and place back in tank.
 
oh and those types of worms shouldn't be harming the fish, and the death of your fish should be another reason, cut back on feeding and make sure that your water quality is good.. with feeding make sure you leave NO food behind... and repeat feeding 2 times a week, then vacuuming remaining food.

 

 
Thanks a lot, I will do that! I didn't even think to look in the filter for worms. I guess the only upside to having a death tank is that no fish are left to relocate

 (if you can even call that an upside)
When I soak the gravel, what should I be treating it with?
 
I did cut back their food intake, and the water quality seemed fine (ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates all at zero, pH 8.0). I had transferred some glofish into this tank from my big one because they were being bullies and were ruining the look, but within a week they all died. And they were hardy little buddies so I'm wondering what was so different about this tank?