What does my tank have?

[solidconceptgroup]

I have a 240 gal. overflow type tank...I have 7 RBP's and two other fish...I had fish lice in my tank I treated it with Dimilin and it seems to be gone but now I'm seeing these long, white and red worms....I found some that where almost and inch....I found two red ones a few days ago and one white one tonight. Almost look like miny blood worms

I did a 40% water change last night, cleaned the sand, and driftwood....retreated the water with dimilin, and prime....

Today after I noticed the worm I threw in some salt....

Anyone know what this is and if so, I'm I treating my tank correctly..? If not please hook me up with some information...

Thanks...

 

[Lupin]

Get the salt out. You will not need it. Do they swim around or crawl? They sound like harmless planaria and/or annelids to me and thrive better when the tank is poorly maintained or overfed with too much foods. I'd just either remove them (if they bother you) or leave them alone. They're bound to exist in almost every tank even if you don't notice them crawling around.

 

[solidconceptgroup]

They only seem to be on the glass....I did a water change and they seem to gone for now..I will do weekly water changes until I don't see them anymore...

I forgot to mention that I had recently added some more plants to my tank and shortly after they began to come out...I went to my LFS and noticed the same little whatever they are on the glass....

I pull out the plants and took them out of the sponge like planter it was in and put them in another bucket with parasite treatment....

btw I thought salt kills things like this...

 

[Lupin]

No, salt will not kill everything and most are tolerant to salt. But really, you don't need salt in this very situation. Cutting back on feeding and doing better tank maintenance is one way to get rid of these planaria. Yes, your worms are planaria/flatworms, harmless creatures after all.

Use potassium permanganate to disinfect your plants.