Chloe07
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Hello, I've been having worm problem in my tank.
I think some plant brought this. The worms are visible but they are so small, first I thought it was dust, then with camera zoom in, I could see they are worms moving all around the tank.
Now there are tons in my tank.
I have 1 betta fish. in 5.5 gallon tank. with some live plants, 1 HOB filter and 1 small sponge filter.
There are a lot of these worms inside the sponge filter. Tons came out when I was cleaning the filter in the tank water.
I check the water parameter often and I do partial water change about 2 times a week.
currently its ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 15ppm and I always try to maintain like that. ph is 7.
I use RO water with mineralizer.
Currently my fish is in 5.5 tank and I also have 10 gallon new tank waiting for him. I just don't know what to do with the worms. Its all over my fish too. I can see it falls whenever my fish swims around.
My fish seems to be bothered. Doesn't move much these days, but eats very well.
I don't over feed him. only few pallets twice a day, or few frozen blood worms. And the tank is bare bottom so I clean the waste almost everyday with turkey baster.
Currently I have a nirate snail in 1 gallon tank. I put the tank water for nitrogen cycle, and that snail tank is also will bunch of worms right now. I'm not sure if the snail eats the worm but its all over the snail too.
Please take a look at the picture. I feed the snail some blanched zucchini or carrot. This is my first time having a snail, so I'm not sure about his feces. He had brown feces when I put him in my fish tank first. Had some white hair looking string so I immediately took out of the tank and put him in quarantine tank. I can see his feces changes the color depending on the food color. I fed him zucchini and had this white string, is this his feces? But sometimes he has like a cat hair looking white weird string that is very long. I'm afraid its a parasite or something.
Like the first picture, it looks weird to be feces isn't it?
its coming from his left back, then falls off. Its not moving but sometimes its attached on his body. I just want to make sure its feces and there is no parasite before I put it in the fish tank.
So I have big 2 concerns. The worms. I searched but it seems too small to be detritus. Its too small (like 1mm) so I can't see the face shape clearly. It doesn't look pointy so it is not planaria right? Could it be rhabdocoela flatworm? or is it to small. How could I possibly remove them? My fish is eating well but still is not totally healthy so I'm worried it may harm my fish. Also the snail.
I hate to see these worms crawling my fish and snail. I just want to kill them all to leave my fish and snail in peace. But any medicine can also harm my fish and snail. Is there any way to make them go away?
Its getting on my nerves. Please help.
I'm attaching the pictures of worms crawling my snail. The long white thing is what I'm thinking its feces. There are many small worms over his shell if you take a closer look. thank you so much
I think some plant brought this. The worms are visible but they are so small, first I thought it was dust, then with camera zoom in, I could see they are worms moving all around the tank.
Now there are tons in my tank.
I have 1 betta fish. in 5.5 gallon tank. with some live plants, 1 HOB filter and 1 small sponge filter.
There are a lot of these worms inside the sponge filter. Tons came out when I was cleaning the filter in the tank water.
I check the water parameter often and I do partial water change about 2 times a week.
currently its ammonia 0ppm, nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 15ppm and I always try to maintain like that. ph is 7.
I use RO water with mineralizer.
Currently my fish is in 5.5 tank and I also have 10 gallon new tank waiting for him. I just don't know what to do with the worms. Its all over my fish too. I can see it falls whenever my fish swims around.
My fish seems to be bothered. Doesn't move much these days, but eats very well.
I don't over feed him. only few pallets twice a day, or few frozen blood worms. And the tank is bare bottom so I clean the waste almost everyday with turkey baster.
Currently I have a nirate snail in 1 gallon tank. I put the tank water for nitrogen cycle, and that snail tank is also will bunch of worms right now. I'm not sure if the snail eats the worm but its all over the snail too.
Please take a look at the picture. I feed the snail some blanched zucchini or carrot. This is my first time having a snail, so I'm not sure about his feces. He had brown feces when I put him in my fish tank first. Had some white hair looking string so I immediately took out of the tank and put him in quarantine tank. I can see his feces changes the color depending on the food color. I fed him zucchini and had this white string, is this his feces? But sometimes he has like a cat hair looking white weird string that is very long. I'm afraid its a parasite or something.
Like the first picture, it looks weird to be feces isn't it?
its coming from his left back, then falls off. Its not moving but sometimes its attached on his body. I just want to make sure its feces and there is no parasite before I put it in the fish tank.
So I have big 2 concerns. The worms. I searched but it seems too small to be detritus. Its too small (like 1mm) so I can't see the face shape clearly. It doesn't look pointy so it is not planaria right? Could it be rhabdocoela flatworm? or is it to small. How could I possibly remove them? My fish is eating well but still is not totally healthy so I'm worried it may harm my fish. Also the snail.
I hate to see these worms crawling my fish and snail. I just want to kill them all to leave my fish and snail in peace. But any medicine can also harm my fish and snail. Is there any way to make them go away?
Its getting on my nerves. Please help.
I'm attaching the pictures of worms crawling my snail. The long white thing is what I'm thinking its feces. There are many small worms over his shell if you take a closer look. thank you so much
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