mrs.bigeddi

Hello Fishlore people. I'm not sure if this thread belongs here, but, this is my question. Today, I noticed a tiny, thin, white worm crawling up the wall of my tank. Is there any thoughts what this might be? Will it make the fish sick, or are they already sick and I haven't noticed it yet?

capekate

Hello there, not sure I ever welcomed you to FishLore yet?
I have read other topics on these tank worms, but not sure where they are. I have not had any experience with them, but hopefully someone will come along and give you a hand on that...
If I can find the threads on this problem, I will post them here with a link for you.
~ kate

here is a link...
Mirco looking worm in tank. Please advice.

mrs.bigeddi

Thanks, Capekate. There is a lot of information here.

Lucy

There sure is, sit down, turn the phone off and read about things you'd never thought you'd be interested in. lol


Oh! Welcome to Fish Lore.

COBettaCouple

Those sound like Planaria. They often show up in tanks if there's a little overfeeding of the fish. They're not harmful to the fish and sometimes fish will eat them, but we try to keep them to a minimum. A turkey baster is a good way to suck the little buggers out.

seedy

Hi mrs bigeddi
As co said , I would guess planaria too. A good gravel vac with and a couple of water changes should see them reduce in numbers.

mrs.bigeddi

I like the turkey baster idea. I'll have to pick a new one up next time I'm out and about. I have done a water change and I haven't seen any since then.

New question about the gravel vac. When I clean, should I just go over the bottom of the tank with the vac or should I move the gravel and clean to the bottom, going through everything? Can you tell me how you do your tanks?

Lonely Angel

I had the worms in my 10 gallon when it was cycling but they dissapeared shortly after I added my cories so I assume the fish ate them. They were kind of gross to look at but didn't seem to bother the fish at all.

As for the gravel vac, I push the vacuum into the gravel and sift through all of it. I especially have to do this in my goldfish tank since they're messy little buggers.