Planaria aquarium worms

The tiny white specks you see on the glass are actually called planaria worms and are caused by overfeeding. This is why it is important to not feed your fish more than twice a day and only what they can eat in a few minutes. You MUST remove any uneaten food. These worms are relatively harmless unless they become an infestation like shown here. Fish may show some slight scratching, but regular water changes with gravel siphoning is important to keep them from becoming a problem.

no fish were harmed here. They were removed prior to me stopping my tank maintenance.

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Pets & Animals

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• planaria
• overfeeding
• fish
• tank
• aquarium
• worms

[Verse9Ether]

ive got them and im not feeding fish in my tank because i have none. i only fertilise my plants

what could the cause be then?

[jester3993]

@Verse9Ether I'm not sure, I've never had planted tanks. I got my information from forums. Try searching in a planted tank forum, they might be able to help you better.

[66SiK]

I had these lil shits in my tank too, but smaller, threadlike, free floating in my tank water. Tried to get rid of them with no success, man. Just said the hell with it and got rid of everything and started a new tank. Once this shit starts in your tank, it's game over.

[WestOaklandKiid]

Can someone help me ASAP, I have one crayfish/crrwalfish and one day I came home and saw a bunch of these on it, what are they?? Are they harmful to the crayfish, are they harmful to me? How do I get rid of it???? Help please, EMERGENCY lmao

[JunglistJeff]

Hey, these little worms can enter your tank through cheap plant bulbs

[willz64impala]

i have a all red cherry shrimp tank and 2 days ago i seen these started and today i seen worms all on the side of the glass to i put 6 feeder guppys in there and they when nust started eating all the worn best 11 cent i spent in my life i hope they eat all of them

[kenn3dy1]

wats copper??

[naay495]

if you have shrimps in there and snails, i would not use copper.. they would die, too

[omiblingbling]

use copper. worked for me theyre all dead

[AlienFirefox]

@VIKINGODIN

this with sand is though when you clean the tank the sand goes out and you put fresh stuff in