Tiny white worms

[ChileRelleno]

Clean better, do a substrate change and clean allll ur water out yuck! try to drop in some Ich Clear tabs..

Why bother with meds? Med are overused/abused IMO, there is already serious repercussions being felt due to resistant strains of various nasties in aquaria due to the rampant use of med's. (and in human medicine 0
Planaria and Nematodes are easily handled without the use of med's.

 

[water_baby83]

More than like they are Planaria or Nematodes that are caused by excessive nutrients/lack of maintenance, aka a dirty tank.
The best course of action is to;
1) Very thoroughly and deeply vacuum your substrate, do this daily for about a week.

2) Rinse your filter media and media chamber in a bucket of tankwater.

3) Raise your temp (slowly) to 86'-90'f.
Remember to add more aeration to counter O2 depletion due to high temp.

4) Don't feed for aprox five days (will not hurt your fish) and then cut back on regular feedings (smaller portions and less frequency).

5) Add a dose of salt to the water, standard aquarium dosage (1tblspn per 5gal) is fine but you may dose higher (up to 1.001 SG(specific gravity).

I agree, though I wouldnt go as high as 90 degrees, and I would say 3 days of no food - two with (and feed small portions maybe twice/three times on those days), 3 without and so on for about 2 weeks. And about meds - sure some are overrated, but a lot also do what they were intended for. No need to shy away from them, just know what med you need and dose appropriatly - - no, sorry, dumping in a double dose wont cure it twice as fast.