I have a 10 gallon fish tank. I just cleaned it today and found tiny black worms in my filter cartrige?
Posted on Sep 09, 2008 under gallon fish |I also have a 20 regular and a 20 long fish tank but the 10 gallon is the only one thats giving me these nasty tiny black worms that weaved themselves inside the fish tank filter cartridge. Yuck! I never had this problem but unfortunatly I just got to cleaning my fish tank today after 4 months Im wondering if theres a link between the tanks dirty unchanged water Can someone please help or give any suggestions.
It is diffcult to answer your question completely without identifying the type of worms you have. Most problems are brought home in the plants, fish, and water from the pet store.
You will need to identify what type of worms you have before you can find a solution. Your worms may not even be black, but simply covered in the sludge that a filter cartridge will accumulate over time.
If they are a harmless variety of worm, you can simply not feed your fish any food, and just stir up the gravel in a small area on a daily basis (the chances are that if your filter cartridge is infested with worms, so is your gravel bed).
If you identify these worms as the harmful, parasitic type, then you will have to remove your fish to a gravel free, sponge filter only, quarantine tank, and completely re-do your old, infested tank.
You will have to try and stick to your maintenance schedule a little better from now on, to avoid anymore issues. If you need any more detailed info about your tank, please email me. Good Luck!
November 13th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
well first off, can I have a list of what fish you have? and also, you MUST do regular water changes, or your fish will die, guarenteed.
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November 13th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
The "worms" may be poop. Make sure you change the cartridge regularly.
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I have a 10 gallon fish tank.
November 13th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
I have read this on the web and do not know if it is factual but some aquarists have found that certain species of flies will lay their eggs in or around dirty filters or stagnant parts of water.
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November 13th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
It is diffcult to answer your question completely without identifying the type of worms you have. Most problems are brought home in the plants, fish, and water from the pet store.
You will need to identify what type of worms you have before you can find a solution. Your worms may not even be black, but simply covered in the sludge that a filter cartridge will accumulate over time.
If they are a harmless variety of worm, you can simply not feed your fish any food, and just stir up the gravel in a small area on a daily basis (the chances are that if your filter cartridge is infested with worms, so is your gravel bed).
If you identify these worms as the harmful, parasitic type, then you will have to remove your fish to a gravel free, sponge filter only, quarantine tank, and completely re-do your old, infested tank.
You will have to try and stick to your maintenance schedule a little better from now on, to avoid anymore issues. If you need any more detailed info about your tank, please email me. Good Luck!
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