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Posted	Strange little worms in tank
20-10-2005 20:38 by Harker	Anyone know what type of worms might have taken residence in one of my tanks. There about 1 cm long and very thin almost like a piece of cotton. There body width doubles towards the head. Are they going to be a problem for my fish or just be food. Thought they might be tapeworm but unsure.
20-10-2005 20:44 by sue	definately not tapeworm, but probably an organism brought in maybe as eggs on a plant?
20-10-2005 21:05 by Harker	Been looking on the web, ever heard of planaria, apparantly uneaten food cultures them. Which could be possible as they were in a betta tank which was a bit mucky.
20-10-2005 21:07 by sue	could well be, try and use them as a fish food, if the fish dont take them live they'll probably die off in time through lack of food.
21-10-2005 00:49 by danny boy	nope they sound too big to be planaria are they in the water or on the glass or both? at the thicker end do they have tiny feelers?
21-10-2005 01:25 by Brum	just nematodes??
21-10-2005 01:25 by Brum	just nematodes??
21-10-2005 09:26 by johno	hi harker i have the same things in my 24" i think there just little worms from an old plant or my mossballs have u got a magfloat or a glass cleaner if u do just scrape em of and they die slowly
15-11-2005 15:34 by steveq3	Sounds like anchor worm, i spotted a tiny orgasm like what you described in my tank and within 3 or so days all my fish had anchor worm. Luckily they have all survived after treating it.

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