i just did a water change and i seen this really small white worms on the rear glass. is this bad for my fish will it hurt them? i dont see it on the front glass. my water parameters are great i have tested it but i dont remember the exact numbers but its on the safe side. what should i do?
White Worms on aquarum galss? planaria?
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Ya, I believe its just planaria worms. They're not harmful to your fish & if you want to get rid of them just stop feeding your fish for about 2 days (this won't harm your fish because wild fish have days where they have to go without food and that doesn't harm them) and keep up with your weekly water changes and clean the gravel really well
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and here is a little information I found on them which I took directly from algone.com's website,
"Noticing small white worms the size of a few millimeters crawling along the glass are either flat or roundworms. Flat appearances are planaria (flatworms) and the more thin and wiggly ones are nematodes (roundworms). Both of them do not exceed 4-5 millimeters. Both types are harmless to fish and thrive on excessive waste in the water column.
To free the tank of these worms simply do not feed your fish for 3-4 days as they will often feed on them."
http://www.****************/information/having_trouble_p2.htm
and here is a little information I found on them which I took directly from algone.com's website,
"Noticing small white worms the size of a few millimeters crawling along the glass are either flat or roundworms. Flat appearances are planaria (flatworms) and the more thin and wiggly ones are nematodes (roundworms). Both of them do not exceed 4-5 millimeters. Both types are harmless to fish and thrive on excessive waste in the water column.
To free the tank of these worms simply do not feed your fish for 3-4 days as they will often feed on them."
thanks but i have sand, how should i clean it just skim over the sand picking up debree like how i usally do it?
Ya, I would say so...but if you don't have gravel then you shouldn't be worrying about it too much because I assumed you did and the reason why I think gravel is a contributing factor is because food can get stuck in between and underneath the rocks which the planaria love to feed on
I have planaria in my turtle tank now. I added some ghost shrimp and feeder guppies, do you think that might help take care of the problem if I keep stocking it? I'm hoping they will help clean up after the turtles mess. The mess is in the substrate, and is not sucked up by my filter.