![]() ![]() Some people believe that a bristleworm in their tank has killed a fish when they find the bristleworm chowing down on a carcass. Bristleworms primarily are scavengers and consume uneaten food, detritus, and carrion in a saltwater aquarium. ![]() They consume materials in your tank that would otherwise decompose and produce ammonia, adding to the load that must be processed by your biological filter. Beneficial Bristlewormsīristleworms may look ugly and a little creepy, but most are actually good for your tank-if they are not the poisonous type. Their bristles are very thin and will embed in your skin, causing a severe itch. A deworming medicine cycle is needed.Do not touch bristleworms with bare hands. They are not harmless and can infest the gills of your fish leading to an early death. If they look kind of flat and white, then they're most likely Planaria flatworms. If they appear to be coming from the anus area of fish then more drastic deworming medicine may be required. They often simply disappear after 3 or 4 days if it's a newly cycled tank. Add species of fish like Gourami or Pleco which will eat them.Simply reduce the amount you feed your pets.Leaving uneaten pet food in the water will virtually guarantee an outbreak of them. If you've added something organic (wood, other fish,raw fish food,etc.) to the tank you can easily introduce them. They help to break down organic matter ( mulm) and some fish like small gouramis are know to eat them. But by far the majority are harmless.Īquarists often first come across these harmless 'white worms' when they spot them in their hundreds massing on the sides of the aquarium in newly set up aquariums during the cycle process, when the aquarium is lacking in oxygen or if the tank is heated. Some species are parasitic and live off fish, often appearing in the anus of the fish.They generally are only a few mm in length and have a life-cycle of a few days. They live in all habitats, and most are aquatic. and they provide an important service in ponds, lakes, etc. A nematode is a micro sized worm often called roundworm (they are roughly 2-5mm long). ![]()
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