White particle like things in my tank

[WookiellMonster]

OK well sometimes at night i take a flash light and beam it against the glass. And when i did that i saw this lil white particle things i saw like 3 on the glass moving and a few in the water with jumpy movements kinda. This freaked me out. I'm thinkin ich? because i did use to have ich in my tank from my elephant nose that i introduced but he doesnt have it anymore. and none of my fish have white spots on them niether.

This is worryin me because im gettin a new tank soon and switching most of all the water into the bigger tank. And i dont want the fish to get stressed and catch white spot if it is.

 

[tttnjfttt]

I have no idea what these might be, but why not do a water change to be safe? It can never hurt. Have you checked your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH?

 

[WookiellMonster]

should i do a big water change? ammonia and nitrite are both zero and nitrate is about 20 and ph is 7.2

 

[tttnjfttt]

In general, you don't want to do more than a 25% water change at once. If you think you can get more of the white things out with a bigger water change, do a 25% one, then wait 3-4 hours, and then do another. Drastic water changes can shock the fish, so you want to keep any changes small and done slowly.

 

[IMCL85]

Those r worm like kidn of things? like white and small moving like some kind of worm? If so I use to have this as well in my 20g before I put my feeder in for fish cycle. I have them alot with many brine shrine inside that tank. While I was thinking to use it as a hatchery for my sevy but then they stop breeding so I get all of them away by adding some feeder and they all been eaten and I havent' seem any of them till now.

 

[The-Wolf]

could be planeria
small white worms that move much like a catterpilla

If so they are totally harmless and often caused by overfeeding.
to remove them stop feeding your fish for three or four days and
the fish will eat them.

 

[WookiellMonster]

no they dont look like worm like things... umm sumtimes when they're on the glass i see like 2 eyes or 2 black dots with they're body... its strange... i did introduce ghost shrimp into my aquarium could it be like babies or sumthin?

 

[The-Wolf]

in the 10 gallon tank?
maybe you have cory fry then

 

[WookiellMonster]

Nope its in the 30 gallon.. Maybe i could be seeing things but I'm pretty sure I'm not. I mean i havent seen any white spots on my fish so? Iunno this is a hard one.

 

[IMCL85]

a picture might help.

 

[WookiellMonster]

yea a camera prolly wouldnt work they're tiny a lil smaller that this .

 

[SnowJob]

use to have tons in my tank too, then I put one Ghost shrimp in there and all the white particals like things went away in a couple of weeks.

Can't seem to find the shrimp anymore though.........damn things........turns out lots of fish like them for snacks !!! (Note to the wise, buy bigger shrimps like an Attaya Shrimp if you want to keep some, they're bigger and stronger.......)

Anyhow, good luck with the white particles things, either way they didn't do any damage to my tank.

yea a camera prolly wouldnt work they're tiny a lil smaller that this .

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[meerkat]

If you think you see two little eyes it sounds a lot like planaria although they dont get very large. Do what others said about the planaria solutions. It seems that avoiding feeding for a few days will be helpful.

 

[The-Wolf]

another necropost