Wigglie Worms in My Aquarium

I keep finding new life forms in my tank after getting plants. Can you tell me what they are?

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• parasites
• planted
• tank
• fish
• worms
• aquarium

[tordiscool]

eat them and u get invincibility

[cah027]

@tordiscool Yum! So will it also help with constipation ?

[ChunkUuP8]

i jus treated my aquarium with 'parasite clear'

and we put everything back in and water change but now there are these thin worm-like 'things' in the water they are smaller then pencil lead, range in length: the biggest one was a 3rd or an inch and climb onto walls: please help they killed my blue crawdad.

[cah027]

The little white worms (I hear) are suppose to be hard to kill. You might want to move everything again, and strip down the infected tank, clean it with salt and vinegar, let it set for a few days, then start another run. Be sure to change out all filter media and clean the filters with the same process.

[cah027]

I only have ottos and shrimp. All these things do is float around. I didn't see them for a couple of weeks and then just a day or so ago I saw another about the same size. So far they havent been a problem. At some point I am going to put small schooling fish in so maybe they will feed on them.

[Dizz086]

i am now having the same issue, I have a 40 gal tank and everytime my husband comes home he overfeeds the fishes and we get into a squabble over it everytime. no i have worms in my tank and he is no where to be found.....

how did u get rid of them?

[sweetiestgirl]

they are a type of round worms. Planaria is thicker and have a triangular shaped head. but turbatrix is the white worms swimming around in a squiggly motion.

[gabbersoldier]

Definately sperm

[theforgottencookie96]

Damn i have the same thing right now in my aquarium? Im still looking for the ID of the worm or parasite anyone know what they are?

[gianolrac]

those are planarias.. aquarium worms.. you get them by overfeeding your fish.. excess food that's not been eaten..

it's very easy to kill them.. 1 tablespoon of rock salt per 5 Gallon of the tank.. for example in 10 gallons.. you should put 2 tablespoons of rock salt.. trust me.. it's very efective.. in 2-5 days after you put salt in it they're all gone.. :) but make you you dissolve the salt before you put it in.. :)

[Adohleas]

@Killgreeedy Actually keep watching, you will see some really long white ones, its clearly a worm. I've had Mosquito larvae in my pond before when the waterfall system broke.

They do not look anything like those, their not completely white like those but rather more brown and you can see many small strings on Mosquito larvae. They also move in a different fashion then those.

[southboy99]

Those are not worms. Those are mosquito larva. You must have had some stagnant water that you poured into your tank.

[custardandfishsticks]

You've got a planaria infestation. Google works