Mousiekm Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Hi, within the past couple months I have been really getting into my aquarium. I have a 50 gallon tank with a Western Painted Turtle and three different types of fish....one is some type of catfish, another is some type of shark (I bought both of those at Petco) and I have a goldfish from Walmart. Everything has been going well in the tank for the past couple months(that's how long I've had it) then last week I noticed those small little hairlike white worms...I cleaned the tank but they came back a couple days later. Those were my concern at first but now I have some weird little white things swimming around and these things are about the size of a grain of salt with a small looking tail (almost like a tadpole look)! I don't know what they are but they are only in one corner of the tank, there is a bunch of them and they just keep swimming in that one spot then they will stick to the glass then swim again. I have been trying to look all over the internet to find out what they are but I can't figure it out! Please help!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 hi Mousiekm - welcome to the forum check out planaria on the net......imo that's what that sounds like. they're a flat white worm that seems to appear when the tank is a little overfed. Some fish eat them but most don't seem interested. Increase the water changes and do a few thorough gravel cleans with the siphon .....and watch how much you are feeding the fish and turtle. I've had them in my fry tanks when I've been a little overenthusiastic with the fry food.....they didn't seem to do any harm to the fish and disappeared once I stopped overfeeding take care sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Hi and welcome. I agree with suemack, may be planaria due to overfeeding. Not sure if you should have the turtle and the fish together in a tank but don't know anything about the turtle mentioned as I don't think they are in NZ. Also, the shark and catfish are most likely tropical fish but the goldfish is a cold water fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 The white little swimming things may be some form of rotifer, again no real concern other than aesthetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Turtles make a lot of mess making it difficult to keep a tank with gravel and fish clean. It will just mean cleaning more often if you don't want the worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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