Tiny white crawling things.

[cichlid2006]

they are harmless. they are having a population explosion because you are doing something wrong. probably overfeeding but slack maintenance can cause their population to boom.

give your gravel a good vac and reduce the amount of food per sitting. it might also be worth giving your filter the once over, trapped food is a buffet for them.

as for fish eating them, i noticed you mention a jag. i think fish the size of guppies and rice fish eat planaria but nothing much bigger however its worth reading up.

 

[CODzilla]

Suggestions would first be to cut back feeding. This will reduce their numbers. But if that isn't a reasonable option for you, there are plenty of flatworm-eating species out there. I see your stock list, but how many gallons are we working with here? I'd hate to suggest an inappropriate fish.

Approx 5x2x2.

Excuse the decor, I had to throw up a divider and add extra random bits to keep the Jag and the Oscars apart.

I have just done a quick water change and found an uneaten prawn wedged behind a pipe, so that has gone but it can have only been in there since I did my last W/C on Sunday.

I'll just have to keep an eye on the situation and I don't think I need to be adding any more fish.

give your gravel a good vac and reduce the amount of food per sitting. it might also be worth giving your filter the once over, trapped food is a buffet for them.

Good point, i'll have to check the filter too.

I am like clockwork with maintenance though.

 

[BODYDUB]

Wow, that's a damn good looking tank. Is that a 3d background or tiles???

 

[CODzilla]

Wow, that's a damn good looking tank. Is that a 3d background or tiles???

Thanks, it's 3D tiles but they overlap on the vertical to hide the seam, I can't remember the manufacturers name. I purchased the wrong size because I didn't want to wait for the 600mm x 600mm to be ordered so it set me back £80 and it looks bad along the bottom but it's usually hidden with sand and the Fire Eels pipe.

I will be overstocked if I kept them all to full size so I have to decide who to let go as there is no room for a larger tank here and we have been looking for a new place for what seems like forever. I will try to rehome the JD soon and depending on how the O's and Jag get on when I remove the divider I might let the Tiger O go if I can find him a good enough home. The guy I picked up the Jag from wanted to know if I would sell him an Oscar but he already has a Mayan, 2 Oscars and a large plec in a 4ft set up and if he goes I don't want him being part of anything like that.

Here are some more pics I took last night.

The new pick up:

 

[cichlid2006]

that prawn is probably what it was. their population seems to explode overnight and then its gone akmost as quickly. nice set up btw.

 

[CODzilla]

that prawn is probably what it was. their population seems to explode overnight and then its gone akmost as quickly. nice set up btw.

Thanks!