If I burn my tank will ich & worms survive

[AilyNC]

Good good! It's so easy to cross contaminate worm eggs between tanks via buckets, nets or syphons. Do you know how to bleach clean equipment safely once this is done? Can tell you how

Do tell. I normally use boiling water to sterilise things around the house. Bleach isn't great for the biowaste system but I can do bleaching method in bucket & dump on drive way.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Since the bleach is very diluted, I use it outside and water it down.

Soaked everything in a bucket with one part bleach to nine parts water. It's important that you use the thick, original bleach, not one that's perfumed or had additives to make it thinner. Soak equipment in that for an hour or so, then rinsed thoroughly, pouring the original water away and diluting it further with a hosepipe.

Rinse everything thoroughly with plain water, I use the hosepipe. Then refill the bucket with plain water, and soak it all with a triple dose of declorinator. This deactivates any remaining bleach.

Once its had a good soak (I left it for a few hours) let everything air dry thoroughly until it's bone dry. Any remaining bleach would air off then.

I've used this method on syphons, nets, suckers, heaters, filters, even a sponge filter. I threw everything in there after treatment. The syphons and airline tubing I was a little more careful and syphoned some declorinated water through them after they'd been soaking in declorinated water for a while, before allowing to air dry, and I've since used all this equipment without a problem.

I also bleached the guppy/shrimp tank of mine that you like! As you've seen, it's fine The only difference when it comes to bleaching a tank is to only allow the bleach to sit in the tank for a minute or two, since bleach left for too long would eat away at the sealant. I wiped the whole tank down inside and out with the bleach, let it sit for two minutes before hosing it off. I then used vinegar and a razor to scrape off hard water marks before rinsing thoroughly and air drying. The tank sat empty for a couple of weeks before I set it up again, so it had time to completely dry too.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Aren’t we just looking at detritus worms? If so, you aren’t going to get rid of those. They live in the substrate of all tanks. You only see them when you over feed.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Aren’t we just looking at detritus worms? If so, you aren’t going to get rid of those. They live in the substrate of all tanks. You only see them when you over feed.

Using the bits of plant for scale, they look too large for detritus worms to me?

But also the fish still having stringy white poop after four weeks of treatment...

 

[AilyNC]

Aren’t we just looking at detritus worms? If so, you aren’t going to get rid of those. They live in the substrate of all tanks. You only see them when you over feed.

I think you're right. It looks about an inch in size but I do think it's detritus worms having read up on them. They are not in the water column or on the glass & only saw them after vacuuming gravel. I can reduce feeding & increase the gravel vac.

I did see more white poop from some fish so I do think I need to try another wormer too. And I'll follow @AdoraBelle Dearheart's suggestion as 4 weeks of weekly doses + gravel vacs haven't worked.

 

[FishGuest5123]

Do they have a round shaped head or an arrow shaped head?

 

[FishGuest5123]

Since the bleach is very diluted, I use it outside and water it down.

Soaked everything in a bucket with one part bleach to nine parts water. It's important that you use the thick, original bleach, not one that's perfumed or had additives to make it thinner. Soak equipment in that for an hour or so, then rinsed thoroughly, pouring the original water away and diluting it further with a hosepipe.

Rinse everything thoroughly with plain water, I use the hosepipe. Then refill the bucket with plain water, and soak it all with a triple dose of declorinator. This deactivates any remaining bleach.

Once its had a good soak (I left it for a few hours) let everything air dry thoroughly until it's bone dry. Any remaining bleach would air off then.

I've used this method on syphons, nets, suckers, heaters, filters, even a sponge filter. I threw everything in there after treatment. The syphons and airline tubing I was a little more careful and syphoned some declorinated water through them after they'd been soaking in declorinated water for a while, before allowing to air dry, and I've since used all this equipment without a problem.

I also bleached the guppy/shrimp tank of mine that you like! As you've seen, it's fine The only difference when it comes to bleaching a tank is to only allow the bleach to sit in the tank for a minute or two, since bleach left for too long would eat away at the sealant. I wiped the whole tank down inside and out with the bleach, let it sit for two minutes before hosing it off. I then used vinegar and a razor to scrape off hard water marks before rinsing thoroughly and air drying. The tank sat empty for a couple of weeks before I set it up again, so it had time to completely dry too.
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Be sure to use dechlorinator too on final rinse.

 

[FishGuest5123]

What are we meant to be looking at in the video?

Has the tank got a coverglass on?
If yes, then tell hubby to pull his head in because the coverglass will prevent humidity in the room. Coverglass will also trap heat and means the heater won't need to work as hard.

What temperature is the tank water, (numbers from a thermometer not the heater)?
If the water temperature is 30C/ 86F and the fish still have white spot, raise it to 32C.

Are you sure the fish have white spot?
Can we get pictures of them?


If you have done 4 doses of Flubendazole at weekly intervals, then you do not need to use it anymore unless you get new fish or re-infect your current fish. If you get new fish, put them in quarantine for 4 weeks and treat them for worms while they are in quarantine.

@Colin_T look at the video that was added. I vote detritus worms but what do you think?

 

[AilyNC]

Do they have a round shaped head or an arrow shaped head?

I didn't check. Just noticed the wriggling. I can try have a look if I get more on next vac

 

[FishGuest5123]

Arrow head would be planaria and round are detritus. No big deal either way with the amount you have.

 

[CassCats]

I think they're too big for detritus worms too but a clear photo of them would really help. Hard to see in the video but maybe I need my glasses.

 

[AilyNC]

Oh no don't make me touch one I'll try another vac in a few days when heat is ready to come down. And can try get better luck.

Unless there's a concern that they are doing bad to the fish. I have been watching and can't see them so let just in the substrate or the fish most fish have normal poop now. One adult Platy (who started with white poop) is doing stringy poo. I think one fry too but harder to judge with them

 

[CassCats]

Take a syringe or pipette and suction it out, put it on a white background like a bucket or something, try to contain it to a small drop of water

 

[CassCats]

Like this. I used a pipette and slowly released it to contain it in a drop for better viewing and photo

 

[AilyNC]

So this is the platy with stringy poop after 4 doses of NTL Anti-Fluke &

Wormer