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Dafridge Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 113 Votes: 17 Registered: 16-Jul-2003	hello all, i was cleaning my aquarium out tonight and noticed some little worms in my filter. this is the first time ive seen them. thye look like fat blood worms and are black. does anybody know what they are. im guessing they are maggots because i see fruit flies around my tank. also is there a way to prevent this in the future. i would appreciate any help.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Planaria. Not sure how to get rid of it, I just stripped the tank and started over (it was a small tank). I'm sure someone here knows how to get rid of them. Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Planaria looks like little thin wiggly white lines. I wouldn't think something similar to a fly maggot in size and dark would be planaria. Planaria shows up when you have alot of uneaten food or fish waste left in your tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Dafridge Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 113 Votes: 17 Registered: 16-Jul-2003	there was some uneaten food in my filter little bits. can the food particles or he planaria affect my Ph?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
nano reefer Fish Addict Posts: 716 Kudos: 570 Votes: 3 Registered: 29-Feb-2004	Cut down on your feeding to about 1/3 or even less a day yes a day. do this for two weeks and then slowley bring to up to 1/2 of what you were feeding them and so on and so forth.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	indeed...to get rid of it...possible...do regular cleaning..like regular deep gravel vac... and dont overfeed.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
katieb Fish Addict Posts: 697 Votes: 69 Registered: 03-Jul-2004	"Planaria looks like little thin wiggly white lines." We had a lab experiment with live planaria and they were jet black. Kind of like this I'll do graffiti, If you sing to me in French.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Dafridge Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 113 Votes: 17 Registered: 16-Jul-2003	i have african cichlids if they dont eat wont they go crazy? thanks for that little microscope pic thats them! thanks for the help.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
deschazkody Hobbyist Posts: 119 Kudos: 110 Votes: 77 Registered: 25-Jun-2005	no i ony feed mine once a day and only small amounts they will eat there selves to death if you let them mine are very healthy and the tank stays very clean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Thank you Katie. Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	We had a lab experiment with live planaria and they were jet black. Kind of like this The planaria that schools use in experiments and the ones that live in fish tanks are completely different species. The ones that live in our tanks are indeed white, not brown/black. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Kim Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 436 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	I took some of those white worms to my biology professor and we looked at them under a microscope. She said they weren't planaria, but another nematode. I believed her because she is head of the Biology department and her specialty is freshwater ecosystems. Kim
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58


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