nicpapa Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 I have some worms in the tanks, and im thinking how can this is posible... The most worms in my shrimp tanks are detritrus worms... and i have some planaria.. The question is... How the worms can be in a tank, using ro di water.. ? Just from the food? I try no planaria in the past, is shrimp safe but no safe for snails, it kills hyfra and planaria but no detritus worms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valek Posted April 29, 2018 Report Share Posted April 29, 2018 That is always a mystery. Plants, substrate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAus Posted April 30, 2018 Report Share Posted April 30, 2018 Worms can be introduced to the aquarium in various ways, through plants, new fish, fish food, snails, even nets shared between tanks. Quote The most worms in my shrimp tanks are detritrus worms.. Detritus worms are not a problem but an exploding population indicates there may be a problem with overfeeding, tank maintenance, poor filtration, dirty substrate that kind of thing. Keep the substrate clean and free of excess uneaten food will help lots, maybe get some snails and most of the Detritus worms will soon die due to lack of food. You can get rid of them without any chemicals but it takes time and effort, this way they consume all the stuff they love to eat and die off slowly rather than a mass die off using product XXXX and fouling your water. Using a small plate or something like that as a feeding station reduces the amount of food in and on the substrate. Even a clean glass ashtray works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted May 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 30/4/2018 at 9:21 AM, NickAus said: Worms can be introduced to the aquarium in various ways, through plants, new fish, fish food, snails, even nets shared between tanks. Detritus worms are not a problem but an exploding population indicates there may be a problem with overfeeding, tank maintenance, poor filtration, dirty substrate that kind of thing. Keep the substrate clean and free of excess uneaten food will help lots, maybe get some snails and most of the Detritus worms will soon die due to lack of food. You can get rid of them without any chemicals but it takes time and effort, this way they consume all the stuff they love to eat and die off slowly rather than a mass die off using product XXXX and fouling your water. Using a small plate or something like that as a feeding station reduces the amount of food in and on the substrate. Even a clean glass ashtray works. In all my tanks i use plates ... wc every week ~20% I dont overfeed... But i use only airfilters... And i think that the key... the airfilter maybe not enought for the tanks? I try no planaria in some tanks that i get hydra and planaria... All above, dead, but detritus worms is there. When lights go off you can see them swiminig in the water... And i thinki thats happens because they cant found food, on substrate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAus Posted May 2, 2018 Report Share Posted May 2, 2018 How big is the tank? What sort of filter has it got. Quote When lights go off you can see them swiminig in the water... And i thinki thats happens because they cant found food, on substrate... I have never seen them swim around but you could be right they are running out of food. Any chance of a video? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted May 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 23 hours ago, NickAus said: How big is the tank? What sort of filter has it got. I have never seen them swim around but you could be right they are running out of food. Any chance of a video? tanks are from 30 lt to 100lt . All tank have sponge filters. Those are my tanks Dont have video with them i will male one , maybe tomorow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted May 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2018 Here is the video.. Look in crs tanks i have detritus worms swimming and stay on sponge filters. In tangerine tanks i have also detritus worms , and babies of them? Look it the wates they are tiny... small worms. In those tanks i does no planaria with no effect on them.. . This video taken after the lights go off.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Any ideas ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAus Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Normally I would say feed less remove any un eaten food and do more water-changes making sure you give the substrate a good vacuum, But from what I gather that's a bad thing for shrimp. Some dog dewormers will kill them but as I have never used them I wont recommend them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 11 hours ago, NickAus said: Normally I would say feed less remove any un eaten food and do more water-changes making sure you give the substrate a good vacuum, But from what I gather that's a bad thing for shrimp. Some dog dewormers will kill them but as I have never used them I wont recommend them. I dont feed a lot... As you can see i use dishes... Also in all my tanks i keep snail , for eating the un eaten foods. I do every week 20% water changes. I have babies and cant vacnum the substrate... Insert other media I ll try panacour... i used in the past for planaria. No planaria dont work with those worms . I cant find what are those tiny small worms in my tangerine tigers... They are only in this tank very small worms .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicpapa Posted September 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2019 hi there , still i cant find what worms they are, they appear again in 3 tanks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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