Tiny Little Worms In My Tank Please Lelp Sos

[newtothis26]

i have a 90 ltr tank and i have done 2 50% water changes today. the tank has sand at the bottom 2 real plants and a few decorations and i can see these tiny small pure white worms about 5mm in size and i got 4 female guppies to put in there for breeding with some males i got but im not putting them in there untill i no whats going on and what these are or if they can do any harm to the fish , if this aint sorted by the morning then im going to change to gravel as i have a 200 ltr community and i have never had this problem what do you think fellow fish loving people

 

[ian]

can you get any pics?

btw have a look at this thread

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277805-hitchhikers-in-freshwater-tanks-ponds/

 

[5teady_2012]

It will be planaria, you need to feed the tank less and give the tank a good gravel vac, also more water changes over the next week and your problem will soon go away, dont feed the tank for a couple of days and after thsat feed less than u have been. do a gravel once a month and weekly water changes of 25-35%

 

[belladonna80]

It will be planaria, you need to feed the tank less and give the tank a good gravel vac, also more water changes over the next week and your problem will soon go away, dont feed the tank for a couple of days and after thsat feed less than u have been. do a gravel once a month and weekly water changes of 25-35%

I've had exactly the same problem and been told its planaria. The advice I got it exactly what Livebearer Master has told you above. I had 3 inches of gravel and stripped it back to 1/2 an inch. I only feed every other day now and gravel vac a couple of times a week. I also added salt to my aquarium. After two weeks of doing this I'm seeing real improvement with only a few worms left. They apparently feed on the waste and uneaten food in your tank so cleaning the bottom is a must. the salt seemed to help alot too. They dont hurt the fish, but its not very pretty (lol) and i guess indicates overfeeding which may lead to other problems. Spoke to my LFS today and he's selling me a clown loach which also helps apparently. Let me know how you get on as I'm interested seeing as I have the same problem.

 

[ellena]

What size is your tank belladonna? Clown loaches are shoaling fish which reach over 12". Very unsuitable for most regular tanks. Keep up with the light feeding and good cleaning and that will solve your problem. A clown loach would add his own waste into the mix too and really won't help.
Advice from LFS is almost always geared to sell you something-take it with an extremely large pinch of salt, or don't bother and ask on here instead