Weird creature found in filtermaterial

[ascarbo27]

red wigglers maybe, i just googled not sure if them just a possibility

 

[Thomas V.]

i might just put the filter filling in the tank for a day, pretty sure my loaches will sort the problem

 

[petspoiler]

not red wigglers, those are earthworms & they won't thrive underwater & are fatter than that anyway.
I 'think' tubifex. google them & look for pics of single worms for comparison. IF they are, it's good food for fish when grown in conditions bad parasites don't co-exist.
maybe some eggs made it in via processed food. there's plenty of stuff for them to eat in a filter.

 

[ascarbo27]

Camallanus worms is another type that lives off fish parasites.

 

[petspoiler]

camallanus worms are totally parasitic and emerge from fish's anus- which I think is why the last part of the word is "anus".

 

[ascarbo27]

lol yea thats true well i cant think of anything else

 

[fishnatics]

just feed them all to your fish

 

[Gill Blue]

look like the blackworms I get from the LFS.

 

[Kaosu]

look like the blackworms I get from the LFS.

+1

This is what black worms look like after living in my tank, when I pull up plant roots and such.
I feed my tank blackworms but they can come in as hitchhikers on plants.

 

[petspoiler]

yum. free food!
I'd just let the fish eat half & let them keep growing in filter for treats.