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04-30-2008, 11:25 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver
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|  parasites...worms in tank??? I noticed tonight in my tank that we are trying to cycle for at least one month now these few very small, wormlike creatures moving around. they are not long, small, and 1/4 in maybe what the heck are these????? do we need to throw out the entire tank and get a new tank?? i never noticed this before when we first setup the tank |
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04-30-2008, 11:28 PM
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| Super Fish  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arizona
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| Do a forum search on "white worms." I started a thread too, only after that did I do a search (silly me!) I have worms in ALL my tanks and I took one out and put it under the microscope. Look disgusting but they don't seem to be bothering anyone. I believe my betta ate some...uh...he's still alive... 
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04-30-2008, 11:35 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver
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| but where did these worms come from??? i was concerned that they were maybe parasites or something?? im afraid to introduce fish to my tank if these things are floating around. they look like they are quickly twisitng their body as they move and I can actaully count how many there are. anyone else have any thoughts?? thesse things not only are distrurbing but scarying me. i did a search, disapointed to find not much out there. I saw a posting about plana worms and im not sur eif this is it I will say that i had this tank setup a month before and never saw this, BUT, recently I did a water change and then added for the first time stress zyme. they have to have come from somewhere.... Last edited by tameem; 04-30-2008 at 11:39 PM. |
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04-30-2008, 11:53 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver
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| well maybe these are small flatworms, or planarians. Most article say they are harmless and exist due to overfeeding, but I have no fish in the tank and im trying to fishless cycling, so i am only feeding the tank ammonia. im surprised i havent read anyone else to have this while cycling... any ideas??? |
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04-30-2008, 11:59 PM
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| Really nothing to worry about especially since you're still cycling.
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05-01-2008, 01:01 AM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Riverdale, Utah
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| I had worms like that for a while as well when I started my tank. My fish loved to eat them. I think if I remember correctly I was over feeding a bit, but where you have no fish in the tank at the moment, I'm kind of stumped. All can really say is FroggyFox is right, don't worry about them, if they're anything like I had they're pretty much harmless.
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05-01-2008, 01:40 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: south england
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| they are called planaria. i had them with my tank when i started it up. i came on here and asked and found them in a book too. they are no harm. just more food for your fish. and a sign of overfeeding as the people before me said. i had them with my swordtail fry. they are fine.
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05-01-2008, 05:18 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver
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|  thanks for ur replies. all i know is we are all getting the heebie jeepies with this stuff in our tank. i just wonder where it came from as I didnt hagve it before, until i added 10lbs of gravel. apparently they feed off food due to overfeeding, but in my case, what food are they feeding on since im cycling the tank? I wonder if I have too much gravel in my tank, its about 60lbs so about 2.5" deep. i just want to understand how it happened. Last edited by tameem; 05-01-2008 at 05:37 PM. |
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05-01-2008, 08:30 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver
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| i notcied today there were some parasites on all of my decorations, just everywhere! I think i know where they came from. I got two decorations from a tank from a pet shop and perhaps thats how I introduced the problem. So I added CopperSafe to get rid of parasites. What's the best way to eradicate these worms?? help please is it just easier to remove all the water, and add regular tap water to kill??? Last edited by tameem; 05-01-2008 at 08:36 PM. |
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05-02-2008, 08:23 PM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Denver
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| ok I think I have two things going on. I did have these ugly little worm like creatures, only a few in the tank. I added CopperSafe the other day and today I noticed they aren't around anymore, I can see a few dead. I also noticed that the greyish type stuff that I thoguht were another type of worms on all level surfaces of the decorations are NOT worm, but some greyish type of particular... I can only think that the Stress Zyme taht I added a week ago or so has caused this, as I have not seen this before prior to stress zyme Anyone have any ideas???? Also, i checke dmy ammonia reading and no difference whatsoever..its still about the same and its been maybe 2 weeks at least since I have been trying to fishless cycle (and even longer before I replaced the water) |
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