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Old June 15th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
Worms in filter

Hi all,
I didn't know where to post this question. But here goes. I just took out one of the filters from my 60g ( am running 2 Aquarclear filters) I maintain my tank regularly. It wasn't that long ago that I clean the filters in this tank. But I just took out one of the filters to clean and it was full of worms. I first thought that I was over feeding blood worms. But when I took a closer look the worms are alive.
What are they and are they harmful?
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Old June 15th, 2008  
Fish Master
 
ive heard of worms in sw tanks, never in fw...so im very interested on the help given in this thread..maybe you can post a pic?
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Old June 15th, 2008  
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Could be planaria or maybe even live bloodworms.
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Old June 15th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
They look like bloodworms. That's what I thought they were when I first saw them, but some were moving. I cleaned out the filter, I will check the other filter in a few days. (As I usually only clean one at a time)
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Old June 18th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
i've seen similar types of worms in various tanks before as well. they don't appear to be harmful though.
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Old June 18th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
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They look like bloodworms. That's what I thought they were when I first saw them, but some were moving. I cleaned out the filter, I will check the other filter in a few days. (As I usually only clean one at a time)
i take it you feed frozen bloodworms then, if so it takes them out of the picture. are they white in colour, if so i may have seen them in another thread somewhere, i think they turned out to be some kind of larve.
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Old June 30th, 2008  
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if they're small and white, they're probably knat or fruit fly larvae. they show up in my tanks occasionally, though the fish usually eat them without delay. yum.

I also had a full population of adult red wrigglers growing in my hydroponic reservoir once. I was (and still am) baffled because they were completely submerged in fertilizer water.
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