Weird Uninvited Critters

[roccoriel]

I've been working on my tank, which is a 10 gallon one with an internal power filter. I recently added snails (two mystery snails) and live plants to it and hope to eventually create a betta sorority (I had a similar set-up in college). I'm a little leery of adding fish now because with the two snails and plants came about 4-5 mini snails which I don't want over-running my tank and eating all my plants. Additionally, there are these weird, twitchy, white thread-critters that I just noticed last night. They're a bit creepy and I have no idea what they are or where they came from. They are about a centimeter long and no wider than a piece of thread. Can anyone give me any ideas? Are they parasitic to the snails, the fish, or me (since I occasionally reach in to fix a plant or what-not)? Can someone give me some advice on getting rid of the thread-critters and keeping the snails from going nuts in my tank?

Thanks!

 

[TraceyB]

Read your post and I remembered reading that someone else had a similar posting

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/383658-worms/page__p__3227053__hl__%2Bthread+%2Bworms__fromsearch__1#entry3227053

Hope the link works if not type thread worms in the search box and you should find it

 

[Xraymark]

Check this out
http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=277805

 

[roccoriel]

Thank you! I'll check out those links. Sorry for not checking to see if the question had been asked. I didn't realize the little white thread guys were so common! I've had various tank set ups in the last 7 years or so and never seen them! Maybe because this is my first time with real plants.