Well type two is nothing but problems like cloudy water... but thats just the nature of the beast... I always stick with type 1.
Nematodes in Tank?!?!
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the reddishness is a result of the blood they steal from their host. but these nematodes need a host to survive and would usually not be seen out side the host except for the occasional poking their heads out from time to time.
(really they can be seen protruding from the anus)
I'm using type I, which is what is so weird about this.
the reddishness is a result of the blood they steal from their host. but these nematodes need a host to survive and would usually not be seen out side the host except for the occasional poking their heads out from time to time.
(really they can be seen protruding from the anus)
well that's good to hear
Yeah, I was just saying that they are both nematodes, but very different ones. These little guys are not parasites so don't worry. I did a gravel vac today and stirred them up. The fish got so excited and darted around to eat them up right away. They enjoy them quite a bit after they recognize what they are.
I have a new tank and I'm using Aquasoil for the first time and I am right there with you with the nematodes. They're the long, extra skinny ones like you get when you feed your fish too much. Those went away after two weeks, now four weeks into the cycle I have planaria. I hope those don't last because they're just disgusting. I think the worms are showing up because of the high level of ammonia combined with rotting plant debris (damage from moving and replanting). I also have the cloudiness and I'm pretty sure that's a bacterial bloom. The cloudiness keeps coming in waves - I couldn't see the back of the tank yesterday but it had started to clear again by this morning.
huh, I thought that I had introduced the worms into the tank when I put some rocks in there that I hadn't cleaned as well as I should have (they're out of the tank now, just had to hold something down to the bottom for a bit). didn't think it could be because of the aquasoil
how do they get introduced with overfeeding though? they're not like algae spores, which is in just about any water source....so where do they come from? can't just appear out of thin air
how do they get introduced with overfeeding though? they're not like algae spores, which is in just about any water source....so where do they come from? can't just appear out of thin air
I don't know. I'd guess eggs transported into the tank on something organic. They're supposed to be all over the place but you never see them because most people don't usually go rooting around through wet, decomposing material.
