lost a worm in my 55

[midnight]

i tried feeding my p bass a worm.
well they didnt like it.
the worm made it to the gravel and by the time i got to it,it was gone.
will he pollute my 55 gallon when he dies?
thanks in advance.

 

[Euge]

so he dug himself into the gravel huh? If he does under the gravel he will pollute your water. Its like a dead fish decaying in the corner of your tank. EWWWWWWWWW

 

[midnight]

ya he hit the gravel and was gone.
that sucks,hes going to be tuff to find

 

[bmxer4ever]

Pity you don't have a nice Clown loach in there...he'd soon get that sucker for ya..!

 

[sww007]

That sucks. IDK anything about peacock bass but stick your hand in there and start siftin through the gravel?

 

[hillbilly]

It likely won't hurt anything until you do a gravel cleaning and water change. It's happened to me more than once.

 

[BloodThirsty]

yeah I'd just do a quick gravel vac.

 

[dmopar74]

i threw some earthworms in my tank and they went into the gravel also, about a month later i gravel vacced and poured the water into the bathtub. i noticed every worm i threw in there was squirming just as well as when i thrwe them in! i dont know how they were still alive but they were.

 

[Kuda]

damn i dident know worms could survive that long underwater??? weird....

 

[midnight]

well i just did a gravel syphon,didnt find anything.
so i went to hand sifting the whole tank.
finally found him,still alive lol.i figured after a few days he would be dead.
when it floods here you can find dead worms all over.weird.
thanks for the help