BikBok Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Found these in my gravel today , bright red wiggly worms with a forked tail. My guess is midge larvae or bloodworms but not sure where they could have come from. The only thing i can think of is I soaked a piece of driftwood in a bucket outside for a week. I cleaned and scrubbed it thoroughly - or so i thought. The guppys have been nosing around in the gravel the last few days so obviously it's something they want to eat but i just want to make sure they are not harmful. Will they eventually die out with water changes /gravel vacuumes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Found these in my gravel today , bright red wiggly worms with a forked tail. My guess is midge larvae or bloodworms but not sure where they could have come from. My money is on the midge larvae coming from midges. Unless my entire understanding of animal reproduction is flawed... Free fish food. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Could be live blood-worms i guess. My brother once fed his frog frozen blood-worms, the next day, about a quarter of them were swimming around in the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 I had a similar problem when I was feeding too much cucumber. Some people told me here that they were tubifex which feed on excess nutrients. There were worm casings in the filter as well. I cut back on feeding and increased cleaning and in no time they were gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Midge larvae are blood worms , they create the casings to keep themselves safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Free food! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 yep they're blood worms, we get them from the sludge on the bottom of our throughs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WerePanda Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Mosquitoes laid eggs in your tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 Mosquitoes laid eggs in your tank! Midge larvae do not hatch from mosquito eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WerePanda Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 I thought they are non-biting midges.. Aren't they close to mosquito family? if not, my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WerePanda Posted May 20, 2010 Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironomidae searched good ol' wiki haha but yeah I guess they aren't really mosquitoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 well there's less of them now. Any I find get given to the female betta and now she recognises the container I put them in and swims right into it and has a feast. I've found one casing which i guess must be from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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