Small white worm

[Bad Inferno]

I have had 5 discus for the last 18 months, no additonal fish added in that time. I noticed this evening a small white worm climbing up the glass. It was very thin and about 6mm long. I have heaps of snails however never seen a worm before in the tank. I do add plants every 5-6 weeks. I have never seen worms in the discus poo and the discus still look nice and plump.

what do you reckon !

[Nathan]

what do you feed your discus?

[Bad Inferno]

tetra color bits only

[Nathan]

im not 100% sure, have you wormed them lately? you may need to

[samir]

its planaria most probably. you can control them(and most other problems) by siphoning out any leftover food and vacuuming your gravel. also i would recommend feeding frozen bloodworms and maybe discus dinner or something like that for a more varied diet. if the poop is black and not stringy then you probably dont have worms.

[Waldo]

its planaria most probably. you can control them(and most other problems) by siphoning out any leftover food and vacuuming your gravel. also i would recommend feeding frozen bloodworms and maybe discus dinner or something like that for a more varied diet. if the poop is black and not stringy then you probably dont have worms.

Yeah sounds like the typical worm caused by over feeding. Totally harmless but a good sign you need to vacume your gravel and stop feeding so much. :roll:

[Bad Inferno]

I thought frozen bloodworm would create too much mess in my planted tank. I will increase the gravel vacs

[samir]

just give them a litte bit. they usually polish it off in seconds.

[Waldo]

I find gravel vacs in planted tanks to be a little more complicated but all the more necisary. Might I make a suggestion to your substrate. One of the aquafauna specialists a couple years ago in Aquaria China suggested that by laying a thin layer of regular gravel over the clay helps tremendously. The root base would be in the clay and if you do a vacume you vacume the gravel layer leaving the flora base alone. :wink: Hope you can use this idea to your advantage.

[Bad Inferno]

thanks

[Merrilyn]

Thanks for the tip Waldo.

Bad inferno, have you noticed a reduction in the worm population ?

[Bad Inferno]

Only ever had seen the one worm, and I squashed it....

[Merrilyn]

Hahahaha. Instant eradication. :lol: :lol:

[samir]

hehehe you murderer !!!! :lol: :lol: Little did it know that in such a short lifetime (before you put an end to it) it would get so famous.

[Bad Inferno]

I'll give it a good vac this weekend. Off topic however you reckon I can add 10 small cardinals in one go. I have 200 litres with 5 mature discus, however I'm getting bored. Looked at a bigger tank in coburg this week 390 litre at $2,200, really nice akva stabil...maybe if I add the cardinals it will put off any larger purchases.

rob

[marg]

You could add the cardinals - they will give you some instant colour - another interesting little fish is the Rummy Nose tetra - they stick together in a little school and are fascinating to watch, and they won't worry your Discus.,

Regards,

Marg.