White Worms?

[ally86ozzy]

theyre r these litle white worm things on the glass on my tank. they r as thin as hair and they move! wut r they! plz help!

 

[Corleone]

Probably planaria. They're harmless, but an abundance of them is often a result of excess food in the tank.

 

[5teady_2012]

Its planeria, its harmless, mainly they are caused due to overfeeding, cut down on feeding and do some waterchanges more regulary for the next week.

If you have gravel, give it a good vac (if you have one)

 

[ally86ozzy]

theyre in my fry tank, ill do daily water changes instead od a cuple times a week for a week or two, i dont hav a gravel vac and my gravel has decaying food on it. will the fry eat them and is it ok if they do eat them?

 

[5teady_2012]

The planeria is harmless, the decaying food needs to be removed, aint ya got any spare airline tubing or summat to siphon it out? this is probably causing all this

 

[Corleone]

Once the fry are big enough, they might eat the planaria. it's fine if they do - better than them crawling around. The decaying food in the gravel is a bigger threat directly than just by feeding the planaria. Pick up a cheap gravel vac and give it a good go-through with your regular water changes.

 

[5teady_2012]

Once the fry are big enough, they might eat the planaria. it's fine if they do - better than them crawling around. The decaying food in the gravel is a bigger threat directly than just by feeding the planaria. Pick up a cheap gravel vac and give it a good go-through with your regular water changes.

Damn where on form tonight lol, super fast replies and almost identicle answers

 

[jourdy288]

May also be erm, whatchamacallem, uhhhhhgg, NEMATODES, sorry, took me awhile, yes. Nematodes, some are parasitic, but if you see them crawling around on the glass they are totally harmles, will not harm fish at all. The fry will make food out of them.

 

[WILDER]

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

 

[jourdy288]

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That article is not completely accurate. For one thing, parasitic planaria WILL NOT BE SEEN SWIMMING AROUND!!! You could swallow them and nothing would happen. The reason for that is that planaria (flatworms) are in two groups: free living, and parasitic. If they are seen in the aquarium, they are free living and totally harmless. The parasitic planaria live inside your fishes intestines, and have a complex life cycle, usually requiring a snail, a tadpole, a bird, and a fish, which is why most internal flatworm cases arise in fish that were raised outdoors, or wild-caught. Sorry I went a little crazy I'm just crazy about my flatworms.

 

[ally86ozzy]

k so i need 2 get a cheap gravel vac, do more regular water changes, i cant really cut down feeding cuz the fry need 2 be fed 4ish times a day at least, umm and if they dont go away the fry will eventually eat them, correct? and from Wilders post, in the article it said that apple snails will eat them so i could get an apple snail?

 

[jourdy288]

If you want to be rid of them, apple snails are a good way to go.