Nana & JJ Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 JJ just rang. Her 4' tank has got white worms in it. Where would they come from? The tank has been bare of gravel. Just plants and a holding tank for male guppies and a new rainbow shark, then a divider with 2 female guppies. She was transferring all fish to new tanks and about to empty 4' to set up as her new communal tank. (She has sent me a pic but I don't know how to post.) Only had the rainbow for two weeks. Could he/she be the carrier. Moved the two females to a 2' tank for breeding but then when removing the plants found some babies, these are either late or early, both female dropped about 2-3 wks ago. Where could the worms have come from? Never seen anything like them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 What size are the worms?? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 If they are sort of flat looking with pointed ends, then chances are they are Planaria worms, which appear to arrive though overfeeding and excess waste. Cut the food back to a small amount a day and they should disappear. More info if you do a "Search" of the forums. Enter Planaria... there's quite a lot of results. They won't harm the fish BTW Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nana & JJ Posted March 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 They're about a cm in lenght. White, crawl and swim. The tank did have abit of a build up on the bottom as we had been away no vacumming had been done for over a week and a friend was feeding for us. So far they only appear to be in the one tank. The other 4 seem to be ok. (Touch wood) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBait Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 As carol said the first guess is Planaria which should be easy enough to confirm. If they are Planaria try adding a gourami ,i have found the dwarfs great. The Gourami love to chow down on the Planaria and other crawlies. you should find in a week or so the plague is amost gone. Most outbreaks can be traced to collected live foods, new plant etc but some times can seem to come from nowhere. They don't need a mate to start multiplying and can divide like a anemone. Generally they are no problem to the fish, eat left over food but can kill and eat eggs. Good luck but don't stress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Fishbait said: As carol said the first guess is Planaria :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Pegasus aka Bill aka carol Lucky it isn't spelt differently. We couldn't stand another, now could we?? Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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