Help! What Is This?

[MtbGirl]

This morning we noticed this little worm in the tank... it was swimming towards the top. When we fished it out and put it on a napkin, it stopped moving. What is it??

 

[MtbGirl]

Well... I found out on another fish forum that it may not be a worm, but an insect larvae. Doesn't seem like the fish are in any danger, we'll have to keep an eye on things.

 

[Lynz781]

Could a bug have flown in your house and left it in the tank? Or do you feed them live food at all?

 

[MtbGirl]

That's possible, we don't feed them live food, or even frozen food. It's flakes and dried bloodworms (on occasion, as a treat) for our fishies. Herbie gets algae wafers.

We have a hood on the tank, but I guess anything is possible. It's very puzzling. The last time we changed the water I thought I saw the same thing, very similar but smaller & whitish, as if it had dried up. At the time I shrugged it off thinking it was some kind of debri, especially since the fish all seem healthy - they still do.

For all we know, the fishies are finding larvae that we are not, and having midnight snacks without our knowledge!!