small white worms

[KittyKatKeeper]

My 125 has millions of tiny white worms. My LFS said it's from the feeder goldfish. I can't seem to get rid of them, did water change after water change and they just increase again. Anybody got any ideas?

 

[skrefany]

What do they look like?

 

[keepinfish]

those are casued by overfeeding and not enough water changes. Stop feeding for a couple of days and do some big waterchanges, they will go away.

 

[msjinkzd]

Sounds like planaria. I would also suggest cutting back the feeding and increasing gravel vacs.

 

[steve0199us]

I have the same issue, but the worms are reddish..
I'm bumping up my WC every other day..
The worms seems to be decreasing from when I noticed...
Do a search, I attached pics of the ones I have... GL

 

[KittyKatKeeper]

little peices of hair very short and thin.

 

[KittyKatKeeper]

way to kill them?

 

[Lupin]

way to kill them?

Only water changes and limited feedings can stop them. Killing them is really too much and could probably harm your fish as well.

 

[Lupin]

I have the same issue, but the worms are reddish..
I'm bumping up my WC every other day..
The worms seems to be decreasing from when I noticed...
Do a search, I attached pics of the ones I have... GL

Yours are most likely annelids or detritus worms. They're as harmless as planaria and the same methods employed such as water changes can get rid of them.

 

[KittyKatKeeper]

thanks everyone!