My carnivorous turtle lives in an all-water tank with gravel and a turtle cave for him to sit on. I feed him turtle-food pellets and also occasionally a small piece of hotdog. I was watching him a few weeks ago and noticed tiny clear worms (less than 3mm long) that swam up to the surface of the water in a whirligig motion and were latched EVERYWHERE there was algae (the turtles back, the side of the tank).
I assumed it was the hotdogs and immeadiatly cleaned the turtles tank, scrubed him down and replaced the materials inside.
I also stopped feeding him hotdogs.
However the other day I noticed the worms still in there, and eventually found that they were coming out of the food he hadn't eaten yet (after it became soggy).
Now, my questions are...
What are the little worms... are they harmful to my pet?
Did they come from his food-pellets or were there just some leftover in there that feed also on his food once it gets soggy?
How can I get rid of them?
thanks for any advice you have
2006-12-10
07:21:41
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kittylover
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