Worms in my tanks what are they?

Question

i have 3 tanks. one 65 one 90 and one 45 and they all have worms? I just did a huge water change for all of them

what are they? and how can they be treated?

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look closely and they are swimming in the water

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don't mind the water we were in a dark place

Answer 1

It looks like regular worms, but I doubt it is. You can go to the pet store and buy treatments. I would if I were you. You might want to do it fast. Hope I helped!! p.s. it isn't fish p**p!!!

Answer 2

Hi Kira,

Worms.  Had it, hated it, dealt with it.

Found the below help for you.  Good luck.

"The little worms are just planaria or some other similar harmless creature. The tiny bugs are harmless too. I've had both in my tanks before. Both are totally harmless to your fish, but are a serious warning of something that is very harmful....overfeeding. They are thriving on all the excess waste and food that is in the tank. The only way to reduce or elminate them is to starve them out. I tried all the same methods you did many years ago before I knew what they were. Even the bleach. As you now know, these critters are pretty much indestructible with chemicals and medicines. They would probably survive a series of nuclear blasts. Sheesh. Don't get too upset with the fish store though and blame them for spreading them to your tanks. Your fish are better off not eating live feeders anyway. These 'ugly buglies' actually exist everywhere. It's just that they take over when there is plenty of food available and apparently you've been very generous in providing for them. Their population explosion is nature's way of trying to clean up.

Cut back on feeding and vacuum the gravel twice a week for the next 2 weeks. Remove 25% of the water each time. This gets things back in order slowly without shocking the fish. You may start to see them more at first but keep working at it. They are getting desperate for food once they start showing up more and will just fade away as they starve to death over the next couple of weeks. Here are links to some web pages about them and some of their "kin";

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/...

http://www.waterwereld.nu/platwormeng.ht...

http://naturalaquariums.com/inverts/worm...

http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/qa/f/f...

"

:-)

Answer 3

yep looks like fishsh!t to me

Answer 4

That is a parasite.

Answer 5

I think they are parisites

Answer 6

Thats p**p

Answer 7

Could be tubifex or blood worms.  Tubifex provides food for shrimp (other crustacea), frogs, crabs and other aquarium neighbors.  It would make the perfect opportunity to go buy some of those to get rid of these.  Both worms can cause diseases for you and many aquatic animals.

If you got rid of the worms but still have a aqua buddy to keep, you can still feed them with a different type of food specially made for that aqua buddy.

If all else fails, let the water sit after you put in some dishwasher soap with bleach in it.  It'll kill them all.  It'll kill everything else except plants so if you have fish or snails, etc., get them out before applying the soap.  You must wash off the soap at least until the smell of soap goes away.  This is not recommended.