In my tank I seem to have an infestation of very small clear worms. They don't seem to bother the fish at all, but they are bothering me. They look like bubles from afar but obviously wriggle upon closer inspection. How do I get rid of these guys? I have tried massive water changes + cleaning out the filters but they are everywhere. Please help and thanks in advance.
Small clear glassy worm problem
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Not yet. Good idea though. I could try but I have a few articles pending for AC at the moment so this may have to wait unless someone takes responsibility over this and I can look on that afterwards. I can use a helping hand on this one.rucus;3192976; said:
Here is a good link with lots of info on planaria.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239972&highlight=WHITE+WORMS+Glass
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239972&highlight=WHITE+WORMS+Glass
Take out your fish put in hospital tank for the time being for a couple days to a week or so. Treat with Mardel Coppersafe it's for internal & external parasites, if needed would highly recommend doing it if a serious outbreak. Best solution boil everything rocks and or sand with occasional stirring the substract, entire filtering system including media sump and or canister, entire tank as far as the tank can hold or brim. Clean from top to bottom & rinse out everything.
I did mine at 97 F + Let it sit with the hot water i mean hot enough to burn your hand not boilng hot for glass. Give it a few hours without adding chemicals like start right ect. DO NOT add cold water to the hot or while galss is hot from touch, will shatter glass or blow out tank depending on glass thickness and how hot the water is.
Let it naturally cool down a few hours before draining out the tank. Basically restarting from scratch. Do the normal refill adding start right with bio extract would be a plus to help get good bacteria back. Add aquarium salt or non iodide table salt. Let it cycle up to 2-3 days before adding your fish back in. Some would consider a week cycle but not needed that long of a time. Also visually checking fish and waste coloration white is bad, gray to black is good.
Now to tell if it worked you will see them floating on top of the water or remain where they last where stuck on glass not moving means they're DOA. I know i said this a few times now, since i had the same problem few days ago myself. It really works in the long run and best treatment. I found this out from a LFS.
I did mine at 97 F + Let it sit with the hot water i mean hot enough to burn your hand not boilng hot for glass. Give it a few hours without adding chemicals like start right ect. DO NOT add cold water to the hot or while galss is hot from touch, will shatter glass or blow out tank depending on glass thickness and how hot the water is.
Let it naturally cool down a few hours before draining out the tank. Basically restarting from scratch. Do the normal refill adding start right with bio extract would be a plus to help get good bacteria back. Add aquarium salt or non iodide table salt. Let it cycle up to 2-3 days before adding your fish back in. Some would consider a week cycle but not needed that long of a time. Also visually checking fish and waste coloration white is bad, gray to black is good.
Now to tell if it worked you will see them floating on top of the water or remain where they last where stuck on glass not moving means they're DOA. I know i said this a few times now, since i had the same problem few days ago myself. It really works in the long run and best treatment. I found this out from a LFS.
Or take water and worm sample to LFS to help identify and test your water parameters. My nitrate was up a lil bit and amonia nothing to much to be worried about toxic wise. But i did fall two days behind on cleaning mine, then a worm boom. Regular weekly water changes 20%-30% if really dirty 50% must be removed and added back in adding salt too most evaporates crusting on the framing, aquarium hood, filters,from siphoning gravel ect.