These doesn't look like planaria ?

[torque6]

Ive posted this pic in tom's thread on growing HC using the green house effect but no one was able to ID it. They don't look like flat worms and more earth worm like.

Seems they come out at night only. I have tried taking them out but they are quite elusive. Spoken to chan and he recommended me some chemical that kills leeches and the like but advised me to monitor a couple of weeks with regular water changes as the treatment will kill off the HC due to sensitivity.

Another method is to get mollies/guppies to feed on them, but Im skeptical to them feeding on these "earthworms".

Would appreciate some possible ID from bros here. Thanks.

[wei]

looks like earthworm.

I once discovered one big long one wriggling in my tank's soil. Probably been inside for long time to grow till that length.

Very difficult to catch as it will go into hiding amongst the soil.

What i did was using an airtube filled with water and aimed one end near enough to suck it out (like those siphoning water method).

[Quixotic]

If they have few bristles, then probably from the Oligochaeta subclass, could be terrestrial, semi-aquatic or aquatic. If they show lots of bristles, then probably from Polychaeta class (sometimes referred to as bristle worms, which I am sure some of you have heard of).

[torque6]

thanks qui/wei,

i thought so, they didnt look like planaria, so have no clue how to get rid of them since the foreground plant is already rooted. I guess growing HC using green house effect does have its share of problems and isnt as perfect as how Tom mentioned it.

Chan did ask me to "redo", and if thats the case, i think i will finally give up the hobby. 2nd try at 1 cube and its already stemming problems.

By the way, does mollies or guppies eat them ?

[wei]

these pests are often introduced into the tank when new plants/woods etc are added straight without quarantine.

My old tank used to have earthworm, big water bug,dragonfly nymphs, at different times. In the end i redo the whole tank.

Dont give up. Redoing your tank may be hard work but it will give you extra motivation to get it back to what you want it to be.

[torque6]

thanks wei, anyway, i have cleared some HC from the soil leaving empty spaces, giving me alot of chances to catch them when they come out at night.

Im currently keeping water temp at 24/25 degrees and catching them out 2-3 hrs interval. Yesterday i totalled around 20+ worms. today about 4-5 . Let just hope with regular water changes, low temps and no food keep these guys from spawning.

I would say the disadvantage to using the green house to grow HC emmerse does have its disadvantages as worms grow at an extremely fast at around 40 degrees or so..

[Shadow]

does fish eat this type of worm? it should right?

[blue33]

You can try those catch worms place it into a container(fill with water) and use the parasites medication(those that are safe on plants) in big dosage on them, if they are kill within short time, you can try it on your tank, after few hrs you can do a big change of water, always remove fauna when doing this. This way usually will kill them. Hope it helps.

[torque6]

thanks blue/shadow,
ya fishes do eat them, but im only keeping boraras.. so .. mouth too small for this
"anacondas "

Anyways, im been diligently taking them out on a nightly basis, hopefully the cool temperature will keep them from breeding as ive heard they do best at temperatures 40-55 degrees.