Earthworm like thingy inside ADA amazonia soil

[paranoid]

Is it normal to have "earthworm" crawling in and out of your ADA amazonia soil??.

Bought this evening as a 4.5kg pack, found pinkish earthworm (in the water!) after set up, with visable spiky hairs. Length about say 4-5cm, diameter 1.5mm.

Tried to catch it with tweezers but failed. Escaped into the soil.

[Jungle-mania]

That's really new to me, since ADA soil is artifically created.

[Aquaculture]

Could it be from other sources? Probably can try drowning it. But if it doesn't drown, it should come from your water source.... very scary to think about it.

[paranoid]

Could it be from other sources? Probably can try drowning it. But if it doesn't drown, it should come from your water source.... very scary to think about it.

It was a 5 hour old tank only. If not from the aquasoil, then must be from the water!! Maybe HDB water tank have farny worms making a home there!
No more drinking straight from the tap.

I spotted it this morning. Tried to catch it but failed again. When it swims, the body wriggles in "S" way. Then dive into the soil and escaped. Next time i will use a net and scoop it up. Can run but cannot hide.

My hair stands when i saw it. Like an alien earthworm. Hope there's only one in the tank. Who knows?

[richietay]

Someone experienced this before, can try read over this previous thread: http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ight=earthworm

[Shadow]

it may not be from ADA, because it seems like good swimmer
ADA sell in dry form, well miht be slightly dry. thus water creature should not be able to survive, but who knows.

[Quixotic]

There are aquatic worms that closely resemble terrestrial earthworms. If there are many bristles like the one posted in the link by richietay, it's probably of Polychaeta class. If there are few bristles (or none), it's probably of Oligochaeta class.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaeta

The Polychaeta or polychaetes are a class of annelid worms, generally marine. Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are made of chitin. Polychaeta means "many-bristled" (as opposed to the Oligochaeta which are "few-bristled"), and indeed the polychaetes are sometimes referred to as bristle worms

[Aquaculture]

This thread is giving me the creeps...

Probably add some fishes and let the hunt begin. Worry only when the hunter becomes the hunted.

[StanChung]

That's really new to me, since ADA soil is artifically created.

It's processed real soil. Baked. Doubt worms can survive baking.

[richietay]

There are aquatic worms that closely resemble terrestrial earthworms. If there are many bristles like the one posted in the link by richietay, it's probably of Polychaeta class. If there are few bristles (or none), it's probably of Oligochaeta class.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaeta

Thanks! Learnt something new today.

[cairocks]

I did notice sort of similar worms, but much smaller, mixed with tuberflex worms before. About twice the length of tuberflex but similar colored. The main difference is that they have legs like centipede. About it appearing in ADA soil, could it be eggs mixed in the soil in a dormant form and will hatch once the conditions are flavourable? On the picture shown of the worm in the other thread, it reminds me of those sea earthworm I used to dig along changi coast when I was young to use as bait for fishing. But those are more pinkish.

[r4211z]

Ha, Richie dig up my old thread.
I got rid of the worms (ALL OF THEM)

Steps
(1) Remove all livestock (shrimps or Fishes)
(2) Remove Diftwoods and plants (leaving only barren ADA soil)
(3) Best Part !!!! (DIY WORM KILLER)

I pour in WHATEVER Medication i had for the fishes,you name it, Galic guard,white spots mediction and some others......

Guess what,i leave it for 2 days, when i checked it, .....
i found more than 20, YES more than 20 pcs of those long earthworms in the tank,THANKFULLY DEAD !!!!! They must had felt the effects of the mixed solutions...
Next, clear them out, wash ada soil if possible, DRY THEM for 1 week,
restart tank and Wala ! no more critters !!!

till date, i do not see anymore of them, but as one forummer told me, he likes them around as they help to shift the soil.As ada soil breaks down, these critters actually move around in the soil, thus causing the finer soil to be at the bottom.

Hopes you can get rid of them too.

Cheers
R4211z
Jake

[hii]

I also having it in my tank, but one time I saw my cardinal quickly swim over and eaten the worm. I think no worry as fish naturally eat worm and I feed my cardinal with frozen worm each day.

Hopefully it didn't cause any diseases to my fish..