they look furry and i have never seen them before.We still have no electricity fish doomed but the worms are multiplying.
2006-07-26 07:23:36 · 6 answers · asked by allwayshappy 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0697/0697_2.html
http://netclub.athiel.com/bristle/bristle.html
http://www.algone.com/worms.htm
http://www.netpets.org/fish/reference/reefref/bristle2.html
http://www.homereef.com/reference/bristle.html
probably bristle worms,
2006-07-26 07:40:15 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are bristle worms. They usually only come out when the lights are off, believe it or not they probably come out every night when you turn the lights off. If they latch on to a slow moving fish or one that is resting they can do some serious damage but mostly they pick on coral and other inverts such as snails or crabs. I would recommend picking all of them out that you can with tweezers NOT YOUR HANDS they sting you and it feels like a bee sting TRUST ME. You can buy certain wrasses that actually eat the bristle worms such as a yellow coris wrasse (for non aggressive tanks) or a banana wrasse (aggressive tanks) they actually dig in the sand (usually where the bristle worms hang out besides the rock). Or a lot of fish stores sell a little green tube called "The Trap" it's a round cylinder with two cones at either end that allows them to get in but not out. GOOD LUCK!!!!
2006-07-26 17:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by Tara C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The worms are nematodes, I think. If so, they are harmless to the fish.
If you have the time and inclination, get a clean gallon milk jug with a cap and fill it about half full of water out of the aquarium. Then SHAKE IT for about a minute. That will oxygenate that small amount of water. Pour it back into the tank and repeat over and over and over. I saved 7 tanks of cichlids during a power outage here in Cleveland a couple years ago. It was off for about 24 hours. Man, were my arms tired and sore...
Another solution is a battery powered air pump. Most pet supply stores have them for about $5-6. I now have 22 tanks up and running in my basement and am considering buying a gas powered generator. For $600 it is a small investment to save what has become about $2000.00 worth of African and South American cichlids.
2006-07-26 07:36:12 · answer #3 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like bristle worms...they've probly been there for a w hile now...but the power outage may have just made them come out into the open...normally are pretty harmless to fish...but can be harmful to your inverts if you have any(anemones, corals....) i know for sure six line wrasse and eight line wrasse will eat them and arrow crabs...and ive heard of bristle worm traps....not sure how well they work..or even what they look like....but could be worth a shot asking your LFS (local fish store) about them....hope this helped at least a little...good luck
2006-07-26 09:51:34 · answer #4 · answered by reefer132 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could be mosquito larvae. It doesn't take that long for the females to lay eggs and it doesn't take that much water. I would get the fish out of there and bleach the water to kill whatever it might be, if its not mosquito's. That is the only thing that can come to mind when I read what you described. Other than that, I don't know what else it could be, but good luck with it.
2006-07-26 07:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by brittme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They might be water worms or bristle worms but you should find out.
2006-07-26 12:13:12 · answer #6 · answered by Jazz_cullen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋