Best way to worm a fish tank?

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Gambusia
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I have had my tank running for a while now, I recently adopted a fish and now im noticing lots of white stringy things in the water.

they are all roughly 1cm long and they are about the size of a hair in width.

How can i worm my tank and all the fish?

the tank is 300l in volume.

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The best thing to do is cut back on feeding, increase water changes and substrate vacuuming. Don't use meds or chemicals to get rid of them, the mass die off will foul the water and through your parameters out of balance.
 

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My tank has no substrate, I vacuum the detritus every morning.

I feed twice a day currently, should I cut that back to one every 2 days?

Also I have a massive filtration system, so it would cope with anything thrown at it.

Tank is 300l, I'm running am Eheim 2264, which outputs 80% direct to spray bar, 20% through a 40w in sterilizer then to a50 micron filter then to 500ml Purigen, and a 2l moving bed.



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What kind of fish do you have?
 

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Use Prazi if you want to go that route.
 

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Use Prazi if you want to go that route.
You can vacuum all you want and that's not going to get rid of them. They are all inside your filters. Depending on what kind you have they may be harmless nematodes. Prazipro may or may not work. Some of those suckers are tough.


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Thank you both for responses.

I couldnt find Prazi, but i manage to get some Levamisole, would that work?

I found this link HERE which has very detailed information about using ​Levamisole, but i thought i would check with you guys to see if that is going to do the right thing for me!!

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If they are detritus worms you can get rid of them just by cutting back on feeding and extra gravel vacs. I've successfully gotten rid of detritus worms on my glass. I wouldn't be throwing in levamisole unless you have camalanus worms sticking out of the fish. It's not like prazi or metro and tends to be tough on the fish in my experience. ID the worms first. "Feed the fish, not the tank" will usually get rid of the worms or most of them so you won't notice them if they are detritus worms. Planaria on the other hand should be eradicated.

Planaria and detritus worms are often confused. I believe you have detritus worms by your description, but I'd need a pic to be sure.
 

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If they are detritus worms you can get rid of them just by cutting back on feeding and extra gravel vacs. I've successfully gotten rid of detritus worms on my glass. I wouldn't be throwing in levamisole unless you have camalanus worms sticking out of the fish. It's not like prazi or metro and tends to be tough on the fish in my experience. ID the worms first. "Feed the fish, not the tank" will usually get rid of the worms or most of them so you won't notice them if they are detritus worms. Planaria on the other hand should be eradicated.

Planaria and detritus worms are often confused. I believe you have detritus worms by your description, but I'd need a pic to be sure.
Hi,

Thanks for the message, I've tried to get a picture but they are so small and white I can't really get them, they are in the water column not on the bottom or sides.

They are all about 1cm long, white, and floating around.

I am guessing that prazi is the only safe way to go.

I can get prazi paste that is used for horses, it's only active ingredient is prazi, the rest is flavoring.

What dose of prazi should I use on a 300l tank? How many mg/l should I use?

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