Wierd worms

[Knutsen1122]

Has anyone ever seen these tiny little worms? I can't seem to get them out of my tanks. They live in the filters and substrate but don't really affect anything. Except they annoy the $h!@t out of me. How do I get rid of them? I just set up this 20g qt tank tonight and pulled a hob filter off another tank and this is what came out of it. :/

 

[Cory]

not sure what they are. But I'm sure tetras etc would devour them.

 

[Knutsen1122]

Yeah, I had them come out like this in a fry tank after I cleaned the substrate and they loved it!

 

[Betty]

My guess would be some type of detritus worm or nematode. You should be able to get rid of a lot of them by making sure you stay on top of vacuuming and water changes, feed a good quality food, but do not overfeed! Also have plenty of filtration. I had a bunch of similar looking worms when I first started raising fry a long time ago. I was overfeeding the tank to make sure they were all getting plenty to eat. Cutting back on the amount of food stopped it from recurring.

 

[Anonymous]

After planting dwarf hair grass in my 140 I noticed these little white/transparent worms in the substrate slithering around the roots. A bit concerned but it has got to be a natural element to a heavily planted tank. Right?

 

[Knutsen1122]

After planting dwarf hair grass in my 140 I noticed these little white/transparent worms in the substrate slithering around the roots. A bit concerned but it has got to be a natural element to a heavily planted tank. Right?

actually they are only in my tanks that are not planted :/ I actually don't notice them until I mess with the substrate or filters.

 

[ziggyzoo]

ya I have these in my filter too. I have read a couple things.. Either way they aren't bad. I have read that they show up when there's excess waste in a tank and cut back on feedings and they'll go away. And I have heard they're there because you have a very healthy tank an its a good sign. Lol but either way they are harmless, so I have read.

 

[ziggyzoo]

Actually they may harm eggs.. I have read pretty much exactly what Betty said.

 

[Knutsen1122]

I'm not too worried about them harming anything, they just seem nasty. What's weird is this morning when I turned the light on that tank it is crystal clear haha

 

[ziggyzoo]

Lol weird mine were only in the filter, I also had a big snail in there I have no clue how the heck it got there! And these strange little rounded clear bug things. Those creeped me out more than the worms lol I'm a hypochondriac lol so I saw them and instantly got online to make sure humans can't be affected/infected with them! When I heard about fish tb I almost gave everything away cause I was so paranoid!!! Hahahahahaha im a goober