NEMATODES in my aquarium

[cooledwhip]

I have a 10 gallon breeding tank I set up which I bred some boesemani rainbows/ The fry are now about a couple weeks old and pretty big, like a quarter inch or half inch size. I have to feed them a lot of food and i can't change water easily because I don't want to suck them up, so there's lots of food debris on the bottom of the tank. I noticed there is little worm things on the glass, nematodes I think. I don't know what they are, but they are very small and move slowly. What should I do? Are these bad? I'll try to vaccuum the bottom of the tank today.

 

[BettaBettas]

research Is your best friend here~
don't worry that isn't sarcasm lol, read my other reply :3

 

[NickAu]

Nematodes are beneficial, you can control them with tank maintenance

I have to feed them a lot of food and i can't change water easily because I don't want to suck them up,

Now all you do is put some filter floss in the bottle,

 

[BettaBettas]

Nematodes are structurally simple organisms. Adult nematodes are comprised of approximately 1,000 somatic cells, and potentially hundreds of cells associated with the reproductive system . Nematodes have been characterized as a tube within a tube ; referring to the alimentary canal which extends from the mouth on the anterior end, to the anus located near the tail. Nematodes possess digestive, nervous, excretory, and reproductive systems, but lack a discrete circulatory or respiratory system. In size they range from 0.3 mm to over 8 meters. I personally say try to get rid of the nematodes.
As for picking up the waste on the tanks substrate
gently tap water surface before putting my syphon in that location any fry near by swim away.
They will keep away from big water movement like syphon makes for fear of being eaten

I have a bucket+see through jug that are only for aquarium use to avoid soap residue ect.
When I have new fry my cleaning takes a little bit longer as I check every jug for little fry before emptying into bucket. If I see a fry in jug I gently release jug water back into aquarium with fry.
When refilling my aquarium I only pour water in one location+have noticed fry stay at opposite side of tank out of harms way.
Make sure you break up food into find dust for fry until they get bigger+can manage to eat norm food

 

[NickAu]

research Is your best friend here~

Brilliant advice there, when a member asks a question you tell them to go research things,

So tell me how are your tanks doing? All this research must really be paying off and the water parameters in your tank must be brilliant?

 

[BettaBettas]

looks like your going to be a smartass so I rather not reply, but I will say the only issue im having right now is the cloudy water.

 

[cooledwhip]

Wait what? Who's water parameters? My tanks are clear, crystal clear...

Not being biased, but it's generally never ok to tell someone to go research something. I can easily research and find pointless information like:

"Nematodes are structurally simple organisms. Adult nematodes are comprised of approximately 1,000 somatic cells, and potentially hundreds of cells associated with the reproductive system . Nematodes have been characterized as a tube within a tube ; referring to the alimentary canal which extends from the mouth on the anterior end, to the anus located near the tail. Nematodes possess digestive, nervous, excretory, and reproductive systems, but lack a discrete circulatory or respiratory system. In size they range from 0.3 mm to over 8 meters. I personally say try to get rid of the nematodes."

but instead I just want a quick answer like from someone who has had personal experience with this area...

So are they harmful? I just don't want it to be like Fish TB and then transfer to me and I get TB or something.

I only have nematodes on this single tank with the fry because I have been weary to do WC's and keep pristine tank conditions as there are tiny fry in there. I have no nematodes in any of my tanks. I'll make sure to do a WC and clean everything out soon. Thanks guys.

 

[cooledwhip]

research Is your best friend here~
don't worry that isn't sarcasm lol, read my other reply :3

And what "other reply"?

 

[BettaBettas]

4th comment down, Its about 2 paragraphs.
Try refreshing your page it may have not shown up for you im guessing

 

[BettaBettas]

well since I got no thank you I guess I will voluntarily say you're welcome lol :l

 

[cooledwhip]

well since I got no thank you I guess I will voluntarily say you're welcome lol :l

You never answered my question...

I only asked if these were bad and how to get rid of them. Your answers were so vague...

I'm sorry but when people come here they want quick answers.

 

[BettaBettas]

I recommend Nickau, he knows "A lot" about this

 

[Demeter32]

If your little white worm critters are anything like the ones I have in my tanks, then they are harmless. They only ever make a grand appearance when my water quality is a little low. Any un-eaten food will become food for the worms and then their population explodes. A few good water changes usually gets their numbers under control. There isn't really any way to get rid of them completely without using meds, so its better to just keep up on the water changes

Also, BettaBettas needs to calm down. All Nick is saying is that simply telling someone to go research the problem is not the best/quickest/most helpful answer. A good answer comes from personal experience.