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I'm not sure wether this post belongs here or in the hospital forum, but i guess a mod can move it if it's in the wrong place...
Anyway, 2 days ago, i got a male betta, i put him in a 5gal tank. Today i noticed 2 little wormy things in the tank. They're about 1cm long, and transparent, when i first looked at them, i thought they were a spring or something. They werent floating around or anything, they'd latched themselves onto the side of the tank. I took them out straight after i saw them. I don't have a camera, so i can't show you any pictures, but does anyone have any idea what they are?

sounds like a hydra. Not likely to harm your betta, they're dangerous to small or weak fishes only.

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It wouldn't be hydra. Hydra look like little anemones or something.

My guess is planaria. They are relatively common in aquariums. They usually come from overfeeding and the like.

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They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver,
So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.

yep i had them, they were all over the front of my tank, i cut back on food *poof* gone