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Bro,
This worms will grow if you have alot of excess left over food. Watch your feeding
Sam
Hi,
what are these yucky creatures? just found them in my shrimp tank containing CRS, malayan, cherry shrimps
Last edited by raytan12; 2nd Nov 2008 at 23:30.
Bro,
This worms will grow if you have alot of excess left over food. Watch your feeding
Sam
Last edited by Quixotic; 2nd Oct 2008 at 00:43. Reason: Remove immediate quote
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So what should i do to kill them?
what are exactly these worms? planaria? i know i have planaria. but what are these because they dont look like planaria and how di they come about?
Last edited by Quixotic; 2nd Oct 2008 at 00:47. Reason: SMS lingo: 'cos'
Your photo a bit unclear. They seems to be hairy.
If hairy, confirm not planaria/flatworm. I would advise manual removal. Use a net and net it out else given this size, afraid they will disturb your shrimps.
Never create what you can't control
If it is hairy, it is likely to be polychaetes (commonly referred to as bristle worms). You can't be sure what species it is, remove it as some may be parasitic.
Last edited by Quixotic; 2nd Oct 2008 at 01:33. Reason: Rephrase
yep
Bro Sam (Cherry Lover) taught me to remove the shrimps and pour in hot water into my tank and leave it for 2 hours. Did that. leaving the tank overnight, killed those worms and planaria as well. anyway thought of giving up crs. it's disgusting to find weird creatures living with my crs...
Last edited by Quixotic; 2nd Oct 2008 at 01:33. Reason: Remove immediate quote
Pour HOT WATER!?!?!
You might just kill what ever parasites in your tank together with your shrimps
shrimps are removed
Last edited by Quixotic; 3rd Oct 2008 at 18:16. Reason: Remove immediate quote
Bro raytan12 got mention "remove the shrimps" and pour in hot water.
IMO, only try this last else you will stress the shrimps a lot, and your tank's water condition might affected by the hot water and those dead parasites.
If they are visible and not too many, can try to use tweezers to pick them out.
oppps.... my wrong. Read too fast.
i thought bristleworms only live in marine water?
Never create what you can't control
There are freshwater polychaetes, http://www.eoearth.org/article/Annelida_(Aquatic)
There are fewer than 50 known species of freshwater polychaetes in the entire world, and only 13 species occur in North America. Polychaetes have two different lifestyles; some are active crawlers and swimmers, but most are sessile tube-dwellers.
yeah but wont you kill all your bacteria as well??? and if you dont leave your filter running then the polychaetes could be in there as well
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