d3r Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 So I was hawk eyeing my cherry shrimp 10gal today looking for babies. Upon my close inspection I started to notice several (relatively) long white worms swimming erratically through the water. I have some detritis worms on the glass but I think these are different? https://youtu.be/rEXVZt33MPQ Worm is around the center of the screen. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Looks Detritus. BTW, Detritus works don't crawl on glass usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Really? What are the shorter slower worms that generally stay on the glass? Im sure theyre the most common one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 If they have no pointy heads, nematodes. If they have pointy heads like an arrow, planaria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 No pointy heads. So nematodes and detritus both harmless right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Yepper. Both harmless and a sign of a healthy environment. Fish usually eat them, but shrimp don't. Not that you want to go go this much into depth, heh, but here's a good link: http://www.harpercollege.edu/ls-hs/bio/dept/guide/gallery/aquatic_worms/thumb.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Thanks! Im really interested. .im running into a lot of things in my first few months of shrimp keeping that ive never seen in my 4yrs of piranha keeping haha. I DID spot my first babies too! Theyre so friggin cute. RyeGuy411 and Soothing Shrimp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maylee Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Do you have a pic or video of the shorter, slower worms you're talking about? I think I have the same and I'm not convinced they're not planaria yet. I don't see pointed arrow heads but I figure it might be because they're juvenile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Congrats on your shrimplets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3r Posted May 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Ill try to get a decent pic/vid of the ones on the glass..I use my phone and it doesnt always cooperate when trying to focus on glass. n thanks! From my calculations they dropped about a week early. I hadnt seen the berried female for about 2days so I thought "maybe she isnt berried anymore" and took a gooooood long look in the tank..found 2babies. Then noticed the worms and it ruined my good time LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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