well i had a large male albino bristlenose die i don't know why but anyway i have a habit of puting dead fish i a bucket after they have passed and i had it in there for about a week and all thats left is bones , i got these little blood worm things in that water they are red and have two pinces at one end anyone have any idea what they are
funny bloodworm things
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could be blood worm
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Description: Blood worms are 2-20 mm length. Larvae of some species are red due to haemoglobin in blood. Haemoglobin may allow the larvae to live under anaerobic or very low oxygen level conditions. Larvae have a pair of anterior and posterior prolegs. Adults are about 10 mm long and often occur in large swarms, usually in the evening. The swarms make a humming sound. Adult midges look like small pale mosquitoes. Females lack the bristling antennae found on the male. Most species build cases made of sand or other substrate material cemented together with saliva.
Habitat: Midges are found in most aquatic environments. Larvae are bottom dwelling and can be dominant in the sub-littoral and profundal zones. Chironomus sp. bloodworms can live in highly polluted, eutrophic waters.
Food habits: Larvae are scavengers.
Life history: There may be one to several generations per year depending on water temperature and species. Larvae live in the pond ooze and pupate in larval tunnels. Pupae float to the surface just before the adult emerges. The midge family is a large group containing over 100 genera and about 670 species. They are frequently abundant and are perhaps the most important food item for many species of fish and other aquatic animals
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Description: Blood worms are 2-20 mm length. Larvae of some species are red due to haemoglobin in blood. Haemoglobin may allow the larvae to live under anaerobic or very low oxygen level conditions. Larvae have a pair of anterior and posterior prolegs. Adults are about 10 mm long and often occur in large swarms, usually in the evening. The swarms make a humming sound. Adult midges look like small pale mosquitoes. Females lack the bristling antennae found on the male. Most species build cases made of sand or other substrate material cemented together with saliva.
Habitat: Midges are found in most aquatic environments. Larvae are bottom dwelling and can be dominant in the sub-littoral and profundal zones. Chironomus sp. bloodworms can live in highly polluted, eutrophic waters.
Food habits: Larvae are scavengers.
Life history: There may be one to several generations per year depending on water temperature and species. Larvae live in the pond ooze and pupate in larval tunnels. Pupae float to the surface just before the adult emerges. The midge family is a large group containing over 100 genera and about 670 species. They are frequently abundant and are perhaps the most important food item for many species of fish and other aquatic animals
I missed the week bit, thanks to my skimming. It's likely unless you don't see nonbiting mosquitoes roaming around.cogs;2878668; said: