Little White Worms On Side Of Aquarium

[Lisa-Jayne]

we woke up this morning and one of our aquariums was covered in white thread like worms,some long some quite short.
They seem to move a bit like a catapiller and are mostly attatched to the side of the glass.
Our fish seem fine the are eating them.
Just wondered what they were......

 

[Annastasia]

Probably Planaria. Try to cut down on feeding a bit. And do you syphon very often?

http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/manage...aria_Worms.html

 

[Lisa-Jayne]

Probably Planaria. Try to cut down on feeding a bit. And do you syphon very often?

http/www.aquarticles.com/articles/manage...aria_Worms.html

thanks for replying
what you decribed and what it said in the link provided seemed very much like the problem we have.
our gravel does not look very clean,i was just a bit shocked as we have never had this problem before.
we will now clean our aquarium and see what happens..
thanks again.........

 

[Annastasia]

The fish should eat them, as you've seen, and if you cut down on feeding and clean the gravel, they should be gone in no time.

 

[Lisa-Jayne]

The fish should eat them, as you've seen, and if you cut down on feeding and clean the gravel, they should be gone in no time.

Ive cut down on feeding,cleaned and rinsed aquarium twice in about 2 weeks and bought new gravel too,still have a few little worms remaning,unfortuanly it seems to of spread to my other smaller aquarium,so im going to change the food that i feed them on. see if thats anything to do with it.