Got these small, white worms swimming around everywhere for the last few weeks. I'm doing plenty of water changes to no avail. Can anyone ID them & better yet, prescribed something to get rid of them. I found a video (not mine) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxnY5pRYZGc&feature=related
Treatment for white worms?
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Sounds like planaria. Caused by over feeding or uneaten food stuck in filters. It is a pain to clear up. You need to make sure you are on top of you tank maintenance and filter cleaning. I had this and it took about 6 months to get rid of. They are harmless but are a sign something is wrong.
I agree planaria, make sure all food is taken out if they rays dont eat it, they are caused by an over abundance of left over nutriants in the water. Get some geos or some fronts to put in ur tank... when they are small they will eat the planeria
Would like to know Nitrate readings.
Sounds like you and the planaria are on different pages concerning "plenty" of WCs. Can you tell us what "plenty" is?
My planaria told me that even 50% 3-4 times a week isn't enough if the media isn't clean.
I'd strongly suggest re-evaluating the mechanical media. Again, it seems like there are several cases floating around where several filters are being used making a strict cleaning regimen very difficult. A few filters get overlooked and crud up, then all of a sudden 50% wcs don't have near the effect they should cause the clean water is just running through dirty filters. WCs become irrelevant if they become a result of a cause that's overlooked.
Can't stress the importance of designing a system that allows for EASY swapping of mechanical media.... The easier it is the less you put it off.
Just .02 from someone that doesn't have as good of water parameters as everyone else here.....
Sounds like you and the planaria are on different pages concerning "plenty" of WCs. Can you tell us what "plenty" is?
My planaria told me that even 50% 3-4 times a week isn't enough if the media isn't clean.
I'd strongly suggest re-evaluating the mechanical media. Again, it seems like there are several cases floating around where several filters are being used making a strict cleaning regimen very difficult. A few filters get overlooked and crud up, then all of a sudden 50% wcs don't have near the effect they should cause the clean water is just running through dirty filters. WCs become irrelevant if they become a result of a cause that's overlooked.
Can't stress the importance of designing a system that allows for EASY swapping of mechanical media.... The easier it is the less you put it off.
Just .02 from someone that doesn't have as good of water parameters as everyone else here.....
DB junkie;4597126; said:Just .02 from someone that doesn't have as good of water parameters as everyone else here.....
What you mean you dont have 0 ammonia 0 nitrites and 0 nitrates? oh i mean now its 10 nitrates um i must have read that test wrongoh and you asked what my ph was didnt you..... well thats good too.
who dosent have perfect readings these days?
dont forget i have the best tank mates too for my rays. pleco's, puffers, bichers, oh and of course a couple sharp rusty kitchen knives. who dosent keep those right?
and the substrate let me tell you what. a genius idea
i just redid my roof and had all these extra nails. wow does it look good. psh who said sharp things were bad for rays.....sorry guys its late and i was just thinking about what the best ray post would look like so i thought i better share but im with you db i keep fish in my water also. i think everyone has had a case of planaria in their fish keeping experiences learning how to prevent it is key.