!! WORMS !! & Water Change Die OFFS ??

JaVaGiRl · Post by **JaVaGiRl** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:06 am

Okay, this morning I noticed my shrimp tank has worms, they are white and a little smaller than shrimp fry. They have probably been in my gravel for a while its the same gravel I used for my crayfish. They probably developed back in the day from over feeding. I know its not from over feeding now , but my question is.... How can I get rid of them ?
And I don't believe they will hurt my fry but do you think they will get large enough to eventually hurt them ?

Also, I noticed everytime I do a water change on my shrimp tank I get a die of usually one or 2 the next morning. The water is room temperature and I remove all the chemicals and metals. My tap is about a ph 7 and its not hard or soft really. So what could be the problem ? I thought the first time this could be a fluke, but this is the third time ??????

JaVaGiRl · Post by **JaVaGiRl** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:07 am

I also add calcium when I do these water changes, but I do not add aquarium salt... do you think I should add the salt ?

antoinette · Post by **antoinette** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:15 am

I know that flubenol 5%(powder) is very effective and doesn't harm your shrimps. But i live in Holland and i don't know if this is availlable for you or maybe is called something else

Also dactacyd powder is effective, but it kills al the snails too.

JoshGuppy · Post by **JoshGuppy** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:28 am

I have those little white worms too, they're in both my shrimp tank and now infested my main tank... I hope they dont harm my gups...

mindbum · Post by **mindbum** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:50 am

the water change thing is hard to call.
trace copper?

or oldage shrimp?

as far as the worms are concerned they're likely just planaria. i mean, i wouldnt eat em but i dont mind them in my shrimp tank. you'd prolly have to put some kind of gravel rooting bottom feeder in there to work on the worms... then again... they'd eat the baby shrimp... catch.22

seems to me in this hobby of glass box ecosystems you should have as much biodiversity as is possible. all niches in the food chain should be filled. i was so elated when i spotted the first hydra in my 10g shrimp tank. how fucking cool. these tiny polyps reproduce asexually. branches break off and a new one is formed.

i've read about them eating fry etc... but i cant possibly be worried about that. the hydra i have couldnt possibly eat all my shrimp. and if they eat some... well, that's natural selection right?

blah blah... biodiversity is cool.

theshrimp_123 · Post by **theshrimp_123** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:00 pm

Ghost shrimp love planaria so just get some and they will solve your problem.

P.S.

Mindbum wrote,

how fucking cool

I don't think there was any need to swear. So don't.

JaVaGiRl · Post by **JaVaGiRl** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:21 pm

Well, they don't "seem" to bother them at all. But since the weather is warming up, I am having soo many of my snails overpopulating. I am hoping my larger shrimp eat them

kinda mean I know, but I rather that than taking them out and killing them