Sepincourt
Mon Feb 01, 2010, 05:39 AM
Hello,
I seem to have… a few worms in my tank, I was wondering if anyone here can give me a positive ID on them, I’ve had a look around the internet and have a few ideas but being new to this game I thought I’d ask to be sure.
I first saw them yesterday, exclusively in the gravel, done a quick vac to remove as many as possible. Today however, there were just as many and even some on the glass, they started to head to the bottom when I turned on the lights.
These are the second worms I’ve seen in my tank, it’s been setup for about 2-3 months, I had some planaria (I think, short wide white worms, normally on the glass. Current ones are longer and have a more reddish color) in the first week, but have not seen them since.
My thoughts are that they are a type of Nematode, perhaps Camallanus (Though I’ve not seen any in my fish, so to speak) Can anyone give me a positive ID? What harm can they do? And how can I get rid of them?
I want them gone regardless of what they are or what damage they can do.
Additional info, Water Prams are:
P.H: 6.8
K.H: ~50ppm
G.H: ~80ppm
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-15
With CO2 injection.
Excuse the photo quality…
Any help I can get would be great, these things are rather unnerving, there are HEAPS of them in there so I wont some answers/ideas so I can get rid of them ASAP.
Cheers,
Sep.
I seem to have… a few worms in my tank, I was wondering if anyone here can give me a positive ID on them, I’ve had a look around the internet and have a few ideas but being new to this game I thought I’d ask to be sure.
I first saw them yesterday, exclusively in the gravel, done a quick vac to remove as many as possible. Today however, there were just as many and even some on the glass, they started to head to the bottom when I turned on the lights.
These are the second worms I’ve seen in my tank, it’s been setup for about 2-3 months, I had some planaria (I think, short wide white worms, normally on the glass. Current ones are longer and have a more reddish color) in the first week, but have not seen them since.
My thoughts are that they are a type of Nematode, perhaps Camallanus (Though I’ve not seen any in my fish, so to speak) Can anyone give me a positive ID? What harm can they do? And how can I get rid of them?
I want them gone regardless of what they are or what damage they can do.
Additional info, Water Prams are:
P.H: 6.8
K.H: ~50ppm
G.H: ~80ppm
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10-15
With CO2 injection.
Excuse the photo quality…
Any help I can get would be great, these things are rather unnerving, there are HEAPS of them in there so I wont some answers/ideas so I can get rid of them ASAP.
Cheers,
Sep.