Faster Way to Rid Tank of Worms

[kj fishy-finn]

For the last week I have been doing aggressive gravel vacs and feeding restrictions to rid my tank of some black leeches/worms, but today, just when I thought my gravel vac would yield wormless, 2 appear in the bucket I am siphoning water into.

Is there a faster way to rid my tank 100% of these worms???

 

[chesterthehero]

yes but it involves dumping everything out on the lawn and starting over...

keep up with the gravel vacs and food restrictions..

welcome to fish keeping.. it takes a while.. its not like raising children or something you dont have to pay attention to..

 

[kj fishy-finn]

Would Clout work? Even if the worms are always hiding in the substrate?

 

[Poklei]

UV filter

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

clout is very harsh I'd be careful in using it...perhaps Praziqunatel would work depending on the type of worms

 

[kj fishy-finn]

If I were to get really desperate, could I scoop out all my gravel and bleach it and rinse it before putting it all back in to make sure I have killed all the worms in it and any eggs etc?

All I have is some driftwood, gravel and fish currently because I would like to get rid of these worms before I plant my tank. When I do plant it I would take precautions to prevent any more pests from getting in my tank.

 

[mattison187]

mabey a few clown loaches? works for snails lol

 

[kj fishy-finn]

I dont think that would work because these worms bury themselves deep in the gravel and not even my panda cories are getting to them.

 

[sick_lid]

Just keep gravel vaccuming furiosly. You could also take all the gravel out and let it dry for a couple days, killing off whatevers left. Bleaching it would be more of a pain, and I would worry about not getting all the bleach off.

 

[kj fishy-finn]

Maybe this weekend I'll haul all my gravel out to let it dry, but until then I will keep up with furiously vacuuming my gravel every day.