mcrudd Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 Hi all I have a 155 litre blue planet vista tank, in there I have two bristlenose males and 1 bristlenose female, 5 zebra danio's and 3 swortail/platties. I used to have over 60 Bristlenose babies in there, but 50 of them went to Animates today. When I came back from delivering them I did a thorough 30% water change and as I added my new water I noticed little stringy white worms about 5mm big. The Danio's and Swordtail/Platties ate them. I checked the water I was adding and it was crystal clear but if I stirred the stones the worms came up, so they came up more everytime I added some water. I live in Beachlands so we are on tankwater but have never had any problems. I always do regular water checks and did one just before taking the babies out to make double sure that if Animates tested the water they were in, it would be spot on correct. So all my water tests are good, here they are just in case you guys would like them. pH 7.2 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0 Amonia 0 Could you please advice me what this could be, Oh forgot to add what I feed my fish on, here goes. I feed hikari wafers and fresh zucchini to the bristlenoses. I feed BettaMin Tropical Medley flakes to the danio's and swordtail/platties. I also once a week, usually the day before a waterchange give them all Nutrafin Max freeze dried protein tablets. That should be about all the information you guys would need to assist me Forgot to add water temp, I keep it at 24 degrees celcius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 (http://www.fishdeals.com) If they looked like that then they could be Planaria. Caused by overfeeding, totally harmless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 If they looked like that then they could be Planaria. Caused by overfeeding, totally harmless. Yip that is them, I will slow down on the feeding now that I have less babies to worry about, I was so scared they were not getting enough food, so I put 2 algae wafers in every night, will bring that down to one now Thanks Sam, I feel so happy now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Yip that is them, I will slow down on the feeding now that I have less babies to worry about, I was so scared they were not getting enough food, so I put 2 algae wafers in every night, will bring that down to one now Thanks Sam, I feel so happy now No worries, glad to help. I have 50 baby BNs and every time I feed them the water seems to go cloudy, never planaria though :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 I read up about it and it seems that I just need to do lots and lots of 20% water changes until my gravel is sparkly clean :lol: it is clean now, but its not sparkly yet, so I will do another change tomorrow and the day after and so forth LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 26, 2010 Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Once you cut back on the feeding the planaria numbers will drop as well. They are harmless but look unsightly. I found not all fish will eat them. Don't make the gravel too sparkly if you have live plants in there as they need something to feed on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted January 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2010 Once you cut back on the feeding the planaria numbers will drop as well. They are harmless but look unsightly. I found not all fish will eat them. Don't make the gravel too sparkly if you have live plants in there as they need something to feed on! Thanks Caryl, I am most probably over reacting if there were five its many and the danio's and swordtail/platties went for them immidiately, but I said to my hubby next waterchange I will take the driftwood and plastic plants out and do a big waterchange (not too big, but big) and I am feeding less now too. Less babies to worry about, it was my first babies and I just went into a panick :lol: I will learn, I am quite new in the hobby so have lots and lots to experience and learn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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