I have a 10 gallon invert only tank. It consists of red cherry shrimps, brig snails, and ramshorn snails. oOo and 7 little bitty bristlenose plecos that are much too small to be shifted to other tanks--which was the purpose of sticking them in the shrimp tank... grow out only! So anyways, several months back I had kept this tank as a fry tank and I fed the fry live black worms. Well, apparently these live black worms have been living in my substrate and reproducing all this time. I have noticed them in my other tanks but the fish eat them when they pop up so it's no big deal, I actually kinda like them. Free live snack! Anyways, since the shrimp and snails don't eat them they're are becoming a pita. It's literally like having a carpet of worms sticking up out of the substrate. I was hoping the bristlenose plecos might find them to be a tasty treat, but the BNs are just too small. I need to get rid of some of these worms like NOW. I have avoided doing a deep gravel vac because of all the baby shrimps. Instead, I just vac over top of the gravel and have a piece of netting over the end of the vac which of course saves the worms from being sucked up. Also, they are well fed. Since everything in the tank eats from the bottom, I only feed them sinking foods as well as veggies which also sit on the substrate. Urg. It's driving me bonkers. I feel like I'm creating a worm farm or something. Anyways, is there a fish that I could put in there that will eat the worms but not bother with the itty bitty shrimps? Or should I just consider it a lost cause and let things go the way they are and eventually have to remove my nylon from the gravel vac and go to town at suckin' them up? Let me know if you'd like a shot of my worm carpet. LoL. After work I can take a picture and post it if need be.
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