How do i get rid of worms and creepy crawlies in the shrimp tank?

[Mossi]

Need some help with gettign rid of worms in my shrimp tank.
they got introduced into the tank when i bought a marimo..

any tips?

thanks!

[Jianyuan]

The best way is to siphon them out when you see them.

[ggyy11]

I have the same problem! How to siphon them out without stirring the soil?

[newlife]

Any point of time you see them...
Use a air tube....


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[bluebubbles]

Save all the headaches, fish always provide the best remedy to worm issues.

[Jianyuan]

You'll have a headache after that when you see the shrimps and shrimplets disappearing together.

[Mossi]

sounds like its a tough situation. hahas

i have seen fish flying through a siphon tube before. ahhahas if i do see the shrimp and shrimplets flying... pengsan..

what fish will eat the worms and stuff but not the shrimp? any suggestions?

[Jianyuan]

What worms are you refering to? Planaria, tubiflex worm?

[Mossi]

hi Jianyuan,

i tried identifying the worms with the list of bugs on the sticky thread. but they don't look familar.

so i can't really give you an answer as to the worm species

[bluebubbles]

It depends on individual preferences. I used to have thin floating white worms, planaria and seed shrimps all over my tank and sophoning is a hassle to me as if they don't return. I read up some of these "bugs" thru google and understood they will never dissappear because they have eggs hidden everywhere in the soil or still corners. With no other options I put in some fishes, with risk. Over the years, my shrimp populations thrive from 15 pcs to couple hundreds and I hardly notice these worms reappearing. Than again, I will not dispense the possibility that when you employ a "security guard" to catch bugs, they will steal your food. It is worth to keep your place clean and clear, little sacrifice is worth it. I can understand the risk might be too high if your shrimp is worth more than a hundred bulk per piece. Since mine is FR, the lost is not so great and it will soon be compensated with more shrimplets (with enough hiding places) as shown in the picture.

However, the greatest enemy that caused shrimp dissappearance is not the fish in your tank, but the water factors. Fish can steal your shrimplets (not adult shrimps) but bad water conditions can wipe your shrimps populations overnight.

Let me brag a little evidence here...hahaha
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Happy siphoning your bugs.

[Mossi]

Wow.. Bluebubbles!!!
That is an awesome looking tank!
May I ask what species of fish you are keeping with your shrimp?
Do you have rocks and driftwood in your tank as well?

[DraVen]

i think those are cherry barbs and endler guppies?

[bluebubbles]

Wow.. Bluebubbles!!!
That is an awesome looking tank!
May I ask what species of fish you are keeping with your shrimp?
Do you have rocks and driftwood in your tank as well?

Those are endlers and orange halequine(?). In fact there are couple of neon tettra hiding inside the bush which I can't capture them. I kept the fish from young till they grew old and served as my shrimp treat when they died. See lots of hiding places so I am not worried about my shrimplets knowing where to keep themselves safe inside the java moss on the right. I have few pebbles to keep my plants grounded as seen in the photo. Any tank with nana is impossible not to have driftwoods to help them angle better. See the two endlers pecking the ground? they are not eating shrimplets but possibly some wriggling bugs they saw sticking its head out... This is only 3/4 of my whole tank...haha

[Mossi]

Ah icic! Excellent thriving tank you have there!! Floor is flooded with shrimp!

[sp1der]

bluebubbles care to share your water parameter and more photo please

[Zoshie]

yeah, i have problem with mosquito larvaes which is worse right. but the weird thing is they are located at the bottom of my tank and the water surface is not still, so i dont know how they are there. one possibility is the water which i used to top up. i left the bottle uncap to age the tap water.

as my tank is very small, i will use a straw to draw it out. just cover one end of the straw with your finger, aim at the worm, release your finger and let the water suck into the straw, quickly cover your straw with finger and remove the straw.

[Navanod]

Mosquito larvaes do not have gills and rely on a breathing tube at their rear end to breath by sticking it out of the water. It's strange that you are finding them at the bottom all the time. Maybe a picture will confirm the ID?

[bluebubbles]

bluebubbles care to share your water parameter and more photo please

For shrimps to thrive, you need good water flows. Shrimps love moving water and enough place to hide (thriving nana for them to sleep and java moss for breeding and feeding). My setup is simple, no measurements kits required, just let the tank "naturalised" itself.

[Zoshie]

Mosquito larvaes do not have gills and rely on a breathing tube at their rear end to breath by sticking it out of the water. It's strange that you are finding them at the bottom all the time. Maybe a picture will confirm the ID?

strange then. i think i have eliminated those unknown larvaes, did not see any of them today. will picture them if i found them again. thanks!

[seudzar]

Yes, I do notice that wrigglers hiding at the bottom of my tank, once in a while they will surface for air and then wriggle down to the bottom of the tank. Strange behaviour.