questions about fishtanks?

Question

I have little worms in my fishtank any idea what they are they are about this big --

Answer 1

I've never had this problem, but I found something that might help you. Oh, and never use bleach in an established tank. Not only will it kill the fish, but you'll kill your existing biological filter. And by having to re-cycle your tank, you'll end up losing more fish in the process.

"Planaria are often found in aquariums with uneaten food. The planaria won't hurt the fish, but they are a symptom of too much gravel containing too much uneaten food, and that is not good for fish."

" 1. Clean Your Aquarium. Click here to read about Cleaning Your Warm Water Aquarium. In particular you should clean your gravel with a Gravel Washer. Click here for more about a Gravel Washer.

2. Add Aquarium Salt to your aquarium up to a maximum of 1 Tablespoon for each 5 gallons of water in your aquarium. I seem to remember you have a so-called 29-gallon aquarium, which probably has about 25 gallons of water. If so, you should add a maximum of 5 Tablespoons of Aquarium Salt. If, for example, you already have 2 Tablespoons in your water, add 3 more Tablespoons.

3. Don't Over React. Clean your gravel every day with the Gravel Washer. When you've removed 20% of the water, stop and top your aquarium back up with tap water from the faucet. In your case 20% of 25 gallons = 0.20 x 25 = 5 gallons. Repeat this procedure every day.

4. It may take several days of gravel washing to get your gravel really clean. When it is finally really clean, begin removing gravel, until it is at most 1/4" deep. If you have an under gravel filter, email me back, because you'll need some more advice, or click here to go to another website with information about how to remove an under gravel filter.

5. Add Quick Cure. Each day after you clean your aquarium and wash the gravel, treat the water with 1 drop of Quick Cure for each gallon of water in your aquarium. In your case this will be 25 drops once a day each day. Click here for more about Quick Cure. You can also replace the Aquarium Salt that you removed, which would be 1 Tablespoon in the 5 gallons of water.

6. Small fish such as baby mollies might eat the planaria. I would try adding a few small fish to see if they will eat the planaria.

Repeat steps 1 to 6 listed above, until you don't see the worms any more. This procedure will take several days and require quite a bit of your elbow-grease, but it's the safest method for the rest of the fish in your aquarium. "

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Answer 2

If it is a freshwater tanks then what you have i forgot the name, but the worms develope from fish poop that just sit there and the bactiera form a worm, if your fish eat that worm, the worm would eat your fish inside out, best thing to do, is put the fish in another bowl that has been de-chlorinated. Put Bleach in that tank with worms so the bleach would kill it, dump out all the gravel and water, clean everything get, new pads for the filter. Add water de-chlorinate the water and your all good :]

Answer 3

Oh boy, the position to start up. The comets are goldfish, chilly water, the plec is tropical, warmth water, they're incompatible interior an similar tank by using temperature criteria. you may detect a contented medium at round 73F, this suggests a shortened existence for the comets, and the prospect of bacterial or digestive issues for the plec. The comets receives enormous, the plec, if a basic even higher. no matter if it truly is between the smaller species of plecs you should get by technique of with a 30 gallon, bare minimum, a fifty 5 may be better. no matter if it truly is a basic, they have the skill to achieve 24 inches, i have considered a great number of 18" commons. this suggests rehome the plec, get a higher tank for the comets, or eliminate all 3 and restock the tank with ideal fish. the way it truly is stocked now, 25% two times weekly. The tank is cloudy because you keep replacing the clear out media, eliminating all of your nitrifying bacteria, ignore about those practise completely. they're there to promote you consumables, purely rinse the grimy media in a bucket of previous tank water & placed it decrease back contained in the clear out.

Answer 4

There are lotsa little critters that get in fish tanks. Does it look like it has a hammer head? if it does it is Anchor worm. If it looks flat and round then it is a fish louse.

I will bet it is anchor worm- no fun. If it attaches to one of your fish then you will have to remove it and cover the wound with a dab of antiobiotic.

Normally parasites like these are found in outdoor fish or fish that are feed live food. It may have come in on live plants as well.

One last thing. Do you know what fish fry look like. Newly hatched babies look a lot like worms. You may want to check out some pictures online.

Answer 5

is it freshwater or saltwater? I have a saltwater tank and there are some worms that live in the sand and come up on the glass at night, but as far as I know, theyre harmless.

Answer 6

Poop, do you have an aquarium? or just a fish bowl? If you have a aquarium, do you change the filter? Go to the pet store and get a filter. Clean the fish bowl!!~~

Answer 7

if it is saltwater, it mey be spaghetti worms or baby bristle worms, thay are harmless. my tank is just full of both.

Answer 8

They're are a parasite you need to clean your tank and gravel very well

Answer 9

that dont sound to good if i was you i would probly clean it out really good i have had alot of fish tanks and never had seen that.

Answer 10

sure it isn't fish poop? if they are worms IDK where they would come from I had snails once in my tank but never worms...unless I was feeding them to my fish :D