White worms!

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creoguy

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Well, have another issues now... I have some thin white worms that are now swimming around my tank and crawling on the driftwood. Tried to get a pix but they didn't show up very good. Their about a 1/4" long and very thin. When swimming they just kind of wiggle and off they go...

That along with the hair algae... I'm having all sorts of fun! :wall:

On a plus note, my Anubias is flowering!
 
creoguy said:
Well, have another issues now... I have some thin white worms that are now swimming around my tank and crawling on the driftwood. Tried to get a pix but they didn't show up very good. Their about a 1/4" long and very thin. When swimming they just kind of wiggle and off they go...

That along with the hair algae... I'm having all sorts of fun! :wall:

On a plus note, my Anubias is flowering!
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Sounds like planaria or sometimes referred to as water worms. They live in the substrate. Usually they appear when the water quality is less than perfect, as in the case of over feeding. Is this the same tank that the hair algae is out of control? Too much fish food might be the problem.
 
Can't be an over feeding problem because I don't have anything in the tank while I'm doing a fishless cycle, so no feeding. I netted out the few that were swimming around. Would a PWC do me any good?
 
Dump in some hydrogen peroxide. It'll kill the worms and break down harmlessly pretty quickly. 1 tablespoon per 20 gallons is the usual dose, I think, but you can use more if you want to be sure you kill the worms (considering taht you have no livestock). It'll knock back any algae, too. It may set back your cycle a little, but most any treatment would.
 
which method of fishless cycling?
ammonia or food or??

if you are using a food for the source of ammonia..this could be where the problem is
of course it is possible(since you have wood) that these were introduced with the wood.

hard to determine the specie of worm..
 
Using ammonia to do the fishless cycle. I'm pretty sure they came with the driftwood. Been netting them out as I see them swimming around. May end up pulling the driftwood out and boiling it but not sure if that would do me any good at this point.
 
Following Notophthalmus recommendation to use some hydrogen peroxide to treat the issue, I decided to up the dosage to 2 Tbs with no livestock present and see what effect it would have. After 10 minutes I went from a couple worms swimming around to 20 plus! :eek:

Should be interesting to see what the results will be over the next day or two.
 
Can't the fish simply eat the worms?Or will that be bad for them
 
Don't know exactly what kind of worm they are and since there won't be any fish, going to be a RCS tank, don't want the worms to overbreed and take over the tank.
 
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