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	Thin worms in water
carpe_diem Fish Addict Dreamer Posts: 555 Kudos: 292 Votes: 51 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	I just did my weekly w/c and noticed small (about 1cm) thin white worms wiggling through the water! Does anyone know what these are ? i posted this thread a few days ago http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/threads/27211.1.htm?2# could these worms have been the problem? water parameters are: Ph 8 Nitrite 0 Kh 4dH Gh 8dH ammonia 1 nitrate 20ppm Tank is 55g stocked with 3 peacock cichlids (and 8 fry) 1 bn 1 electric yellow and 2 yellow top mbambas thanks Truth doesn't always win friends but it influences them
Posted 25-Feb-2006 08:44
kmlubahn6609 Hobbyist Posts: 148 Kudos: 127 Votes: 2 Registered: 02-Oct-2004	i'm thinking planaria I've got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell!
Posted 26-Feb-2006 06:55
zman Hobbyist Posts: 76 Kudos: 73 Votes: 63 Registered: 19-Feb-2006	Edited by zman i've seen them in my sisters ten gallon tank, i know that they proliferate due to uneaten food in the gravel are you cleaning your gravel?
Posted 26-Feb-2006 07:32
zman Hobbyist Posts: 76 Kudos: 73 Votes: 63 Registered: 19-Feb-2006	Edited by zman this may help http://www.aquariumfish.net/information/having_trouble_p2.htm
Posted 26-Feb-2006 07:34
carpe_diem Fish Addict Dreamer Posts: 555 Kudos: 292 Votes: 51 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	thanks for the link zarrar! sounds like planaria ... i do weekly w/c as well but im thinking it could be due to a fish that recently died. Wil keep up the water changes as see how that goes! Truth doesn't always win friends but it influences them
Posted 26-Feb-2006 11:55
zman Hobbyist Posts: 76 Kudos: 73 Votes: 63 Registered: 19-Feb-2006	If by w/c you mean water change...does the water cange include a gravel wash?
Posted 26-Feb-2006 13:52
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JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	It could be anchor worms... I'd use a copper based parasite treatment (I believe Mardel makes a good one) and turn up the heater to like 83ish.
Posted 27-Feb-2006 02:24
carpe_diem Fish Addict Dreamer Posts: 555 Kudos: 292 Votes: 51 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	whats the diff between anchor worms and planaria? ive never actually washed the gravel apart from when ity was first added it i just use a gravel vac... Truth doesn't always win friends but it influences them
Posted 27-Feb-2006 06:01
zman Hobbyist Posts: 76 Kudos: 73 Votes: 63 Registered: 19-Feb-2006	Edited by zman washing gravel and vacuuming are the same as I use the terms I asked because the vacuuming will remove a large amount of uneaten foods. planeria are not directly harmful to the fish anchor worms are direct parasites have you seen any of your worms attached to any fish? anchor worm definition(simple) http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/termsandtables/g/anchorworm.htm http://www.petlibrary.com/goldfish/anchor.htm
Posted 27-Feb-2006 06:40
carpe_diem Fish Addict Dreamer Posts: 555 Kudos: 292 Votes: 51 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	ok it doesnt appear to be anchor worms as i cannot see any hanging from any wounds.. except for my yellow lab which appaers to have something extruding from its anus.. it appeared as a reddish bulge last nite and has grown this morning into a massive bulge ... what would this be and how should i treat it? Truth doesn't always win friends but it influences them
Posted 28-Feb-2006 23:51


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