Cleaning out my filter I found 1/4" long and smaller red worms in my filter media floss and sponges... what are these? I haven't seen them any where in my tank only the filter. I have a 60x18x18 tank with sand bottom and Rena xp4 filter. stock list 2 river cooter turtles, 2 crawfish my kids rescued from the pot on mothers day, 60 grass or ghost shrimp caught from local bayou" five sun perch all 1" and 3 bass 1", 2 blue catfish all of this comes from bayou by house..
small red worms in filter floss?
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I have no idea what they are but it sounds like everything in your set up is wild caught, I would assume it something that was hitched onto one of your catch's. Maybe post a pic and see if somebody recognizes it
It is all wild caught asside from the cooters... now store bought fish turned into crawfish poop.. I have been having my tank set up for 6 months before the bayou fish were introduced and they were all put in quarantine tank for a week before entering my big tank. I cleaned the filter over the weekend and was kinda freaked out by it I was boiling some drift wood so I boiled the media and scrapped all the floss and sponges. . Didnt take pics 
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If that's the only filter on the tank you messed up your tank's good bacteria. It will start to cycle again, keep a close eye on your fish.
What is the ceramic media for doesn't that grow bacteria I should have been more clear I threw out the floss and sponges and no I cant get a pic I pulled appart my filter again last night I didnt see any more in the filter
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