microscopic white moving worms on glass

[thisguy87]

I have tiny little white worms on the glass of my tank. I do not see them on any of the fish and they seem to be eating the algae on my glass buut i am not sure. has any one encountered this? the parameters are great. please help!

 

[luohanfan]

Planaria..
Usually show up when theres excess waste in the tank..
Do some good gravel vac's and cut down on the feeding for a week or so..

 

[FishHeadSoup]

Could be hydra too either way theres too much food/waste won't really harm ur fish unless their tiny fry just give it a couple of good vacs and change the water as sugested!

 

[thisguy87]

they are small and colonizing what kind of harm should i look for?

 

[BODYDUB]

They eat excess food, not waste. Try to cut back on the feedings to starve them out. But they aren't harmfull to fish..........

 

[YVRdarb]

You need to got out and get a shot before you do any work in the tank though.

Any opening in your skin will allow them to enter your tissue.

 

[thisguy87]

they might be planaria but these are only 1mm if that. and now i have these things at the top of the waterline wiggling violently at times. they are no more than 2mm in size. Is there a list on the internet that shows and tells about all parasirte, bugs, worms that can enter the tank?

 

[Carpet Man]

Overfeeding, I took a goodfish out of my wet/dry and that sucker had them all gone within a couple hours.

 

[thisguy87]

what kind of fish did you use, just a common pleco?

 

[wallago attu]

they are planaria. when they colonize that means that they are breeding and have plenty of food so cutting down on your feeding is a good idea. idk why they go to the top of the glass, ive had the same problem but they are nothing to worry bout