Worms!

[lrhodes]

I was just now vacuuming my 55... and notice tiny tiny worms being sucked up... I scooped out some of the vacuumed water, sure enough.... tiny pink worms. Thinner than hair. And they are pinkish in color... help!!!!!
What are they
There are hundreds!!!! And I just vacuumed a small spot ...

 

[lrhodes]

I'm gonna have a nervous breakdown...
Camellanus worms? Maybe?
I don't see any fish with worms coming out of their butts...
And do those stay in the tank substrate?

 

[eaglesaquarium]

Could be 'detritus worms'...  Posting a pic would help.

 

[lrhodes]

http/m.flickr.com/photos/102865796@N07/12005579833/lightbox/

This is a pic of hundreds of them clumped together...
The only thing I can find that looks lime them are the camallanus worms and tubifex worms...

 

[lrhodes]

OK... they look like this... and these are tubifex worms... so... could I have gotten a massive colony of them when I fed my fish some live insect larvae that could have had one of these mixed in with them???

 

[Fishmanic]

I stick to freeze dried worms---yuk

 

[lrhodes]

I would much rather have a tubifex infestation over a camallanus infestation any day!!!
(The first pic link was my photo. And the second picture was a goodle image.)
I'm going to vacuum again tomorrow and get a bunch together and see if they act like tubifex...

 

[HAMBONE]

Sounds like camalannus worms..


When i had a problem the only thing that worked was anti worm flake anglesplus

 

[hobby5]

I don't think those are parasites as parasites usually don't survive long and in huge colonies outside their hosts. I would guess those are dero worms (microfex) which in fact are an excellent fish food. Don't worry be happy

 

[lrhodes]

Well its nice to hear someone thinking positive! Their colony is definitely in my gravel! And there are probably thousands of them. But I have really cut their numbers down with vacuuming. The only reason I was doubting camallanus was I have no fish with worms coming out... and no fish losing weight or looking bloated, except pregnant guppies...