Small white worms

[Jag586]

Cleaning my tank I notticed these small thin worms, lookd like sperm but no big head, should I be worried about my fish

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[probassfisher010]

On the tank glass? These are normally present in dirty tanks with left over food in the gravel etc, feed less or wc more. If they are on the fish, it's some type of parasite and should be treated as such.


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[Jag586]

Free swimming, I do weekly 50% wc, but I kinda over feed know the name?

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[cali~budfish]

Planaria...scared the hell outta me the first time I got them.

 

[Jag586]

Are they just nothing or is it freak out time

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[ECW]

They are nothing. Actually good fish food. They are detrius worms. A good sign of overfeeding or high bioload.

 

[patric1407]

got the same problem just saw it today so freakin me out,,will do water change 50% and what else that we can do to kill it but not kill the fish coz i know sometime if use medication will effect the fish ,,thank you

 

[ECW]

Clean your filters, do a gravel vac, keep up with maintenance (water changes, filter cleanings), and feed less! Detrus worms (small squigly worms that look like and swim like a sperm tail) are harmless and are a sign of too much organics in the water and grossly overfeeding. They aren't harmful and actually are helping by feeding on all the built up organics in your system. Actually good for feeding smaller fishes...

 

[the1stcapricorn]

Yeah I had the same problem before just do water changes and you can use copper safe that will also get rid of them.


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