RED WORM ??? IN MY TANK ????

[leongreenway]

Morning (UK) guys,

cleaning out a uneaten Alae wafer from the bottom and I spotted some sort of red worm wiggling around eating the wafer. What is it, is it harmfull to my fishes ?
Tryed to Gravel Vac it, but seems to have disaapeared.

Help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Leon

 

[Doggfather]

Have you fed fed any live bloodworm recently?

I'v heard some people claiming that after feeding live bloodworms, the worms that managed to escape burrow into the substrate and emerge at a later date, some even claim that the escaped worms have bred in the tank

 

[leongreenway]

No, in fact i have never fed them blood worms

 

[Doggfather]

Are you sure it was living?

Is it possible that it was just a big red strand of fish poop? Or some other un eaten food?

 

[leongreenway]

Definately alive

 

[Paul_MTS]

you probable had some mosquitoes visit your tank, nothing to worry about it's just food for the fish.