MagicWings

My feeder goldfish population was just entirely wiped out... which I'm not too upset about because I was looking to get rid of them anyways (though, not quite like that). But they all died, very quickly, and basically they looked like they were peeling apart and their eyes got cloudy and it looked like they had white growing all over them and in their gills.

But that aside, unless it's related, this morning when I first turned on the light I saw A LOT of little brown worms crawling on the glass and floating in the water. At first I only saw it on the glass and thought one of my cats had brushed against the back and I tried to brush it away... that was when I noticed the movement and the ones in the water, too.

I tried to Google it but I didn't feel like I got a clear answer. I plan to turn the tank into a tropical feeder guppy tank (please spare me any moral debates on using feeder fish) so I want to get this all straightened out. I don't have the parameters of the tank because quite honestly I'm not sticking any of my equipment in there knowing there's unwanted worms living in there.

Even if these things are harmless (which a few websites suggested), I'd still like to get rid of them.

MeGustaUnaPez926

I'm not sure, do you have a picture? If you don't have a filter or anything on there, you need one, maybe its just waste. Without a picture I can't be sure. But when my fish do their 'buisness' it floats around and looks wormish. If you don't have any fish in there now, I would take down the tank and clean it. Trash the water and clean the tank and any gravel/ decoration with a mixture of one part bleach to 19 parts water, and rinse until you can't smell bleach any more. Then go out and get a filter and heater, especially if you want guppies. I'd also watch for disease in what ever fish you fed the goldies too. Good luck.

MagicWings

I have a filter and an extra heater waiting to be used. It's DEFINITELY worms, I can tell the difference between worms and fish poo. These were crawling on the glass. Anyways, I asked at the local Elmer's Fish Store (specialty store, not really a chain store) and was told they're more or less harmless, just unsightly and caused my excess waste in the tank.

MeGustaUnaPez926

Well, if there are no fish in there, I would tear it down to start over. Just make srue you re-cycle it. And I didn't realize the worms were on the glass, sorry about that!