I've mentioned that my Angel fish has two small holes in it on another thread but while I was just checking him/her out I noticed hundreds of super tiny white worm things on the back of the tank on the glass What on earth are these!!?

How big are they? hopefully they are whose little harmless white worms you find in the gravel some times.

How big are they? hopefully they are whose little harmless white worms you find in the gravel some times.

They would be approx 2mm in size, so very little but theres heaps of them. I'm thinking I may have to give the tank a really good clean because they are grossing me out!

ive seen those worms in my tank before. They are harmless and disapper with a water change. I think they live only dirty water or something.

But I change about 30% of my water once a week?? Maybe this is not enough?

they are harmless I think and I saw one of my danios eat one once. If they are annoying you just change the water.

They are apparently little worms that occur naturally in the gravel, have had them before and fry love them.

Okay so should I just change a larger amount of water and vacuum the gravel out??

They usally apear if you stir up the gravel

Try reduce feeding and no left over might help i think

They usally apear if you stir up the gravel

I haven't stirred up the gravel of late lol.

Try reduce feeding and no left over might help i think

And yes I think I may have been overfeeding :oops:

And yes I think I may have been overfeeding

Feed less then and your worms should be gone in no time.

They're planaria worms. They're a symptom of having a dirty nasty tank that needs to be overfed less and water changed more.

They're planaria worms. They're a symptom of having a dirty nasty tank that needs to be overfed less and water changed more.

I change my water weekly! Overfed yes....dirty nasty, I take offense lol :lol:

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I know how you feel there I'm vey fussy with mine and I still got these guys some while back.....

It is from over feeding.... :oops: :roll: :-? Just cut back on food ... do a couple of water changes (vac gravel) for a week or two and sweet as no more little worms.

and yes I hated the look of them too.... makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

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I know how you feel there I'm vey fussy with mine and I still got these guys some while back.....

It is from over feeding.... :oops: :roll: :-? Just cut back on food ... do a couple of water changes (vac gravel) for a week or two and sweet as no more little worms.

and yes I hated the look of them too.... makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

Thanks newfish, I was rather gutted as I am quite fussy about my tanks so when I saw little worms I was really grossed out!

how much do you feed?

how much do you feed?

I was feeding my fish every day, twice a day...obviously too much?? How often should I feed my tropicals?

Once a day is enough. For a small amount of fish you only need to feed a small amount. people say that you should feed them the right amount so that there is nothing left after 2 minutes

I was feeding my fish every day, twice a day

That's exactly what I do - don't worry about the worms - they will disappear in no time at all. As your tank matures you will get outbreaks of various algaes and critters - it is nothing to worry about. Just keep up the water changes and it will settle down / fall into equilibrium.

That's exactly what I do - don't worry about the worms - they will disappear in no time at all. As your tank matures you will get outbreaks of various algaes and critters - it is nothing to worry about. Just keep up the water changes and it will settle down / fall into equilibrium.

Thanks, thats good to know. I gave the tank a good clean last night, but if I ever see them return I'll know not to freak out this time lol.