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Hi! Sorry to bother again. Recently, I saw quite a few small and very tiny "worms" coming out from the filter outlet...I don't know what it is...It's white in colour and they are very very tiny and it wiggles...Then my fishes will eat it.
Can anyone tell me what is it? Is it okay that my fishes are eating it?
Please help!
Thanks a lot!
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Think it is worms that feed on the uneaten food in ya tank
Henry aka joopsg
Current tank: 1 4 tier 3ft fish rack
Livestock: WC Ivanacara Adoketa, WC Apistogramma Kelleri 'Red Cheeks', A , WC Apistogramma Mendezi, WC Apistogramma Cruziero, WC Apistogramma Elizabethae and WC Biotoecus Operularis.
Can't remember what's the exact name for it. Think it's called nematode or something like that. It's mostly harmless. They don't normally appear in daylight.
Cheers
Boon Yong
According to ur description it looks like planaria. It's due to over feeding or u never regularly clean ur filter. If its planaria, I have read an article somewhere that SAE do eat them but not sure if it works. Can also go to lfs and ask them for medication. No it won't harm if ur fish eats them.
Try cleaning the entire tank and also ur filter and its media.
Good Luck
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Planaria does not wriggle around in the water... they crawl on surfaces like glass.
There are little white worms that look like white tubifex worms that swim in the water by wriggling... that's different, but I have no idea what they are. But fishes eat them. Check whether you're overfeeding and clean out the detritus in your filter.
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Thanks a lot guys!
I still can't figure out what it is but I'm going to clean my filter liao...Look quite scary.[
Are they Water Earthworms? They flourish when there is a lot of organic stuff for them. And they like to wriggle and stretch and move slowly on surfaces. Fishes eat them but in a tank without fish or not many fish, they will thrive and show up on the glass and objects.
So they are "water earthworms"? I've cleaned one of my filter liao...So far I don't see any of them...I guess it's from that filter...
you know, it's funny, but i found something like an earthworm living in the substrate of my tank, and since i've never fed live food, this is very intriguing
the things in the filter should be harmless
your fish will take them out in a while when they're hungry enough
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