HELP !! White Little Worms in my tank.

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As topic, these worms are all over in my tank.

its been 4-5days since I check the tank, I have been dropping little pieces of bh every day befor off to work. now when I just got back had a good look at the tank its full of this pest little white worm.

Im freeking out...!!! Please help

I am plaining to bleach the tank and leave it for 1week o so..

any suggestion ? please help

Ken

[nicholas76]

Ken,


take a deep breath mate and stress less.

Can you please provide a photo so we can determine what it is

again it sounds like planeria however a pic would be great.

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nicholas76,

Thanks for your reply.

Photo will be post in the morning, Im not sure where it is.

Cheers
Ken

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I think it is planeria...what ever that is?

[nicholas76]

lady red will confimr this for us

however for your immediate information

http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=e...anaria&spell=1

click on that mate!

if it is its non parasitic ,, it wont harm your fish..

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Thanks again nicholas76,

It seem these lil pest has multiply x10000 in 1hour or so?

This is freeking me out......

I have remove the all fish into a seperate tanks,

I think this will spread.......

[samir]

you're probably "freeking" the fish out more by moving them all around the place. they are harmless. you've likely been overfeeding. clean the walls of the tank and check if you fish are eating everything you're feeding them. if they waste any , feed a bit less.

[wickedglass]

sorry to say, but they may not be harmless. I lost a whole tank of fish to these little guys, because they had a population explosion and I was too kind hearted and overfed coz I was not home for a few days. A dose of salt ended up getting rid of them, but not before I lost 20 discus, a heap of tetras and a bunch of other fish (about $500 or so in total). The only fish that survived were 3 catfish
so before you bleach, try salt, and make sure you dump it in, because the rapid osmotic change will explode these little suckers!

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Thanks alot for the advise guys.

wickedglass : sorry to hear that...

The fish are still eating the other tank, soo looking good so far (not freeking out).

Since the fish have live with these pest for 1-2 days, do you think they would have this lil worms in them?

[nicholas76]

it could be dangerous but you are talking about a severe worm explosion!

hows this food for thought! these buggers come out of my tap water! Thats whyi drink filtered water now lol