White worm in aquarium

I've noticed theese white worms in my discus tank. They are not planaria for sure. It seems that whenever I see them one discus is not eating and getting slim, until it dies several months after. Metrinadozole treatment od 750mg/100 l for 10 days didn't help, two treatments with Sera Bactopur direct nigter. Can anyone help please.

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[krcopu]

Thanks for clearing this up. Now I can sleep in peace ;)

[Sushimom000]

Someone told me that all fishless planted tanks will have these... But you have Discus fish, so I am wondering why yours are not eating them?

Where do you find these worms in your tank? Mine are getting sucked up during gravel vacs, especially around roots of plants, but I also will see them sometimes wiggle out of control across my tank in the current. They look completely white, but I poured them down my white porcelain sink and noticed they were in fact off-white/slightly reddish/brownish.

[krcopu]

@Sushimom000

[krcopu]

@Sushimom000 Well my Discus are eating them as well as neon tetras. I have visited one discus breeder near by and I've seen them in his tank where couple of discus have layed down eggs and some of the egs have hatched. This Discus breeder told me that this white worms are harmless, that they are called detritus worms and small discus ( two month in age) like to eat them.

[Sushimom000]

Do you have live plants? I have these too right now in a fishless tank. I keep a lot of plants and a few ramshorn snails in a 10 gallon. 50% w.c. by gravel vac 1x a week, but since I've seen the worms, I've stepped it up to 50% 3x a week. The numbers are increasing. I do not feed the tank. Everything is brand new and I'm using all seachem products (flourite black, flourish, excel, stability). My filter is rated for up to 20 gallons. I use treated tap water. Plants were ordered online.

[krcopu]

Obviously those worms weren't causing disease in my tank.

And yes, my tank is planted one with gravel and CO2 added in aquarium using Co2 electrical valve powered by a controller with probe:)

[TheBSideDJ]

@sweetiestgirl : so these worms are not parasites in the belly of fish ??? I have bought a second hand tank with some water left in it, and put fish in 3 other tanks (without worms ;) )... so fish from "worm' tank that I put in my others tanks, will not be harmfull ?? I heard about worm type (hook worm are something) that is harmfull... my worms look the same as on this video. i start treating : no food, salt and water / filter / gravel cleaning...

[sweetiestgirl]

they are turbatrix, a type of round worm. they live in gravel and sand, and feed off of poop...lol clean the gravel good, and change the filter or boil a sponge filter for 10 mins. never add chemicals to the tank, if you have snails. after a clean tank and clean filter they will dye off.... extra gravel can be treated with aquarium salt. and rotate the clean gravel with the dirty gravel.... they are harmless to the fish...they love eating them :)

[debkelley7]

@lola26granola I agree, I have kept microfex worms in the past and it moves like a microfex worm

[debkelley7]

even though microfex worms are red, there are some that appear white. But it moves like a microfex worm IMO

[kecel]

this happened because you use the water conditioner such " amazon black water" it makes the bacterial growing. It happened to my first tank until I throwed it away then I bought a new tank and I pour it again and happened again.

[willz64impala]

can they clim out of water i heard if they touch u can get inside of u

[lola26granola]

these might be microfex worms, not only are they not parasitic, people sell starter kits to raise these as food for fish, look on aquabid.