First-time tank owner. I WAS freaking out. Thank you for this video!

Jesus Christ! I should have just got dog

@giovannigiorgio4622

6 жыл бұрын

yeah im thinking the exact same thing there mate. I have shrimp ffs.

@ghosto88

6 жыл бұрын

hobo fromHell how i feel. I have had nothing but problems with this dang tank

@YngwiesDaughter13

6 жыл бұрын

hobo fromHell SAME.

@aaliyahthomas4324

6 жыл бұрын

hobo fromHell saaammee🤣🤣🤣🤦🏾‍♀️

@tsuj1911

6 жыл бұрын

hobo fromHell i feel your pain m8

50 worms in the tank can be a problem. BITCH just seeing 2 in my tank was enough to have goosebumps about it for the entire day!!!

@visioncorp5228

Жыл бұрын

I see thousands in my tank :/

@user-kn7lz5uc9u

Жыл бұрын

@@visioncorp5228 i saw 1 i took all my fish out from my tank and quarentime them in SALT water for 2 weeks and threw my 120 liter aquarium and bought new one 😂 with new sand and decorations and even new filter i didnt wanna deal with them

@brileebaby3969

2 ай бұрын

I have a WEEK OLD TANK & have HUNDREDS if not thousands😭 I don’t overfeed came in on plant jumped onto a dying plant I was trying to recover and went to TOWN without me knowing til I finally got rid of the plant and while removing it I must of loosened them up off the plant idk bc within an hour or so I saw HUNDREDS of babies allllll over the glass ! If not thousands tbh! I want to cry I do NOT want them in my tank idc what this guy says lol idc if they’re good whatever idc I’m not comfortable w them Will be doing substrate free tank for a few weeks cleaning old Food immediately and also adding pristine by seachem which basically helps remove their food source by cleaning up microscopic bits of detritus you don’t see or can’t get ! I heard copper treatments work some ppl had bad experiences w that though or also certain anti parasitics but idk if I wanna risk my bettas health over it This way WILL tank longer but it’s worth it to not hurt the fish or my cycle So yea ugh he’s eating them too they’re SO small you’d think you wouldn’t even notice them Moving bc I didn’t til I posted a pic and someone in a betta group said worms And I stared and stared close up and saw they were in fact moving and wanting to crawl out of my skin MY TANK IS ON MY NIGHT STAND NEXT TO MY BEDDDD!!!! Where I SLEEP! 😭😭😭😭

Oh my! I had these worms in my filter of my 2 feet tank. Im very squeamish regarding these types of things. Wearing gloves, I kinda dunk the filter with the wormy sponge in a bucket of old aquarium water several times to 'push' all the worms up. Set it up again and turned on the filter, all the worms came spewing out of the filter hole. My platies and guppies had a worm buffet.

@janayahuffman9990

3 жыл бұрын

Eww eww ew

Thank you. It's great to know they're harmless. I saw a few and had a bit of a panic. I read a ton on them and saw that theyre fairly common and won't cause harm to my turtle. But I will be doing a 100% clean up.

Thanks for clearing things up - simple and quick!

Thanks. You're great!! I have had aquariums for years and this is the first time I've seen these buggers and boy did I panic! It's because I've slacked off on vacuuming and changing the water. I'll get back to it. Thanks, again, for easing my mind. :)

We had a surge of worms after we were gone for vacation. Great advice!

Thanks for the quick and to-the-point info!

Thank you, what a relief 😅 I was in shock now first thing in the morning I'm going to do a big water change..😅

ok thank you so much, I’ve been keeping a shrimp/beta tank for a while now and I noticed a couple of these tiny guys on the side of the glass for the first time and panicked so hard. Thanks so much for the tips and getting rid of my anxiety

Thank you for this video! Very helpful!

Dude, really nice video!

Awesome.. that's really the best explanation.. I didn't even know what I was looking for.. But you provided the solution.. :)

Phew! I have about 3-4 in my 5gal betta tank. Panicked at first. Watched this, relaxed.

Thank you brotha 🙏🏼 super helpful video

Thank you so much! This helped me so much, I got so scared but now I know what to do 🙏 😭

Thank you for the explanation, I just put some substrate in my old tank, within 1 week, they are here. I don't even dare to put my hand in my tank anymore. Now I'm gonna do full water change and throw out the substrate

Great video, I've never scene them, that's not to say I don't have any. Do they like sand as well as gravel? Pretty much everything I have learned is somehow connected to tank maintenance. Always learning something new.. love it!

I saw 4 or five swimming around my tank and i thoght my fish were gona die and i had a mini heart attack so thanks for making this video

I hope you get this I just wanted to thank you so much for your help!

Thanks for the information sir.

Very helpful I see why you have alot of views! Ty

Thank you for the information, the amount of times I had these and panic... is numerous! I do agree that cory catfish clean these worms up perfectly.

@AriRenee-rl1ld

6 жыл бұрын

Betta help, too. (But they eat them a bit slowly... '-_-)

Thank you this helped me soo much

Great info! I hate the bristle worms...in my saltwater tanks. Always getting rid of them.

Ive been in the hobby for years and never seen these little worms ever , I was freaking out once i seen a bunch on my little tank. I think i made a bad move on putting a large goldfish on a 7 gallon tank and probably over feeding it.. kool video👍🏻

Great info!!!!!

Thankyou for the vid from Manchester England

THANK YOU I was panicking!

thanks I was cleaning my tank and I find this worms. .I was worried about it. thanks for the info

Whew🤯, thanks..at first I thought I was seeing things it was about 3 or 4 I started to freak out. This morning with my water change I saw only one at the top. Theres no telling how many more. But my prob is jus as you said overcrowding, over feeding, not enough frequent h2o changing. I'm going to get another aquarium bc I have 2 baby guppies for my 2 yr old. I'll prob jus split the fish from there and do cleanings on both frequently.

Thank-You for this video. I knew I wasn't going crazy ahaha. My husband didn't believe me when I told him the thread like things were moving on the glass. It took us 3 weeks to finally get everything right and now the worms. ugh

Thanks for the info... I saw bout 20 of these little white worms swimming last time i did a water change.... exactly a week after I left my GF in charge of feeding !

Thank you so much!!

great video, but I think you should emphasize their benefit and role in the aquarium ecosystem. They are a great upcycling food source. They turn waste into plant food and are a live culture in your tank for the fish to eat. You make the point they aren't bad, but I think they are actually good. A minor nuance, but I am encouraged to see the numbers you say are good during maintenance (3-4). great advice!

Thank you for this video. We have mystery snail tanks and we feed them a lot. They are our breeder snails. They crawl on the glass and they are tiny. We did a 75% water change and I vacuumed. There are a lot less. But I do t know what else to do that won't crash my cycle.

Oh my gosh thank you! My son has a turtle and left for the weekend I came in and turned on his light and adjusted his filter by moving rocks all of a sudden I noticed hundreds!!!😱🤭🤢😰I’ve been telling him he needs to do more maintenance and needs to scoop old food out he doesn’t eat!!! Mama was right!🤦🏻‍♀️I’m glad it’s slightly normal and thank you for this video!

@mrsiddy

4 жыл бұрын

I also have a few of these guys in my turtle tank. Nice to know Im not alone. Thanks for the video.

really help beginner fish hobby

I was looking in my tank and saw four maybe five little worms floating around so decided to do a wc. Went thru the gravel and vacuumed a ton!!!!! I was amazed! I just put this gravel in too and feed pellets! WTH gonna do deep cleanings these next few days. My flowerhorn is also not eating in this tank. This tank has been going for awhile too

Thank you so much I was scared that I saw one, only one though

I just saw one. This is how I found you. The only change was getting some Red Root Floaters from the local pet store. The rest were from back on 10/27 in those tubes and lil tubs.

Never had them in any of my tanks, the only reason I would not like them in the tank is because I use my mouth to get a syphon started to clean the tank.

@thisisjoeanne1331

4 жыл бұрын

MoreChannelNoise me tooooo

@C4ssieRose

4 жыл бұрын

I do the same ...

@ju_p9011

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@HellokittyLuv03

3 жыл бұрын

They have new ones now with a squeezy bulb thing to make the water start coming out.

Thank you.

My sorority of betas loved them, I just poked a clean plastic ruler into the substrate and wiggled it. The worms would pop out and the betas would chow down. The betas would see the ruler and wait. Maybe two weeks of doing this a few times a day and they were gone as far as I could tell. It was pretty cool watching them hunt the worms.

@yeryer5945

6 жыл бұрын

Sedona cool so my betta fry can eat them without me worring correct?

@karlojimena9279

6 жыл бұрын

Is this real? Do they actually eat those cringy worms? I have only one betta(male) in 5 gal tank. My girlfriend saw those tiny worms and screamed like there's a ghost.

Lol that’s why I have kuhli loaches and corydoras.

I used Seachem Cupramine to get rid of them, I was able to get rid of fully grown dirt worm but was unable to completely remove the younglings. I think I will have to treat the water for a long time. But so far the results are good. If you are considering to use Cupramine, be sure to remove all invertebrates like shrimp etc from the tank as it is poisonous for them

I have ram cichlids and Cory catfish and they love them

I can honestly say I've never seen these in my tanks. Doesn't mean they weren't there, of course. But, if I understand you right, you're saying they're more of a warning sign of a problem, than a problem themselves. (And water changes are the single best thing one can do for almost any tank.)

by far the best method weekly maintenance

So I just have a little 2.6 gallon betta tank that’s live planted, with two nerite snails, I was told not to siphon the gravel because it’ll uproot the plants...so do I just start feeding less? I do weekly water changes of about 10-20% and I usually just clean the old media with old tank water....

What’s up brotha, Call video thanks for all the advice… Mine are what seems to be the exact same thing that you’re talking about… There’s a bunch in the tank even when the lights on and summer stuck to my Oscars… What do I do to get them off? Also, not sure why this happens because I clean my tank once to twice a week. 75 gallon with a marine land c530 on it and 2-75 gallon sponge filters.I need advice would be great… And will Epsom salt or Prazi pro help?Also my substrate is sand so vacuuming is very difficult… Tips?

I wish I found this before I treated my tank parasite for two weeks

I have a 5 gal that I used for some fry and I have two quarter inch red jewel cichlids in there and I do 10 percent daily and a 50 on the weekend and I only feed them two times a week and I have hundreds and hundreds of these guys in there

Funny thing is, I have a new aquascape aquarium 125 gal, I have never had a fish in it or a living thing, I just filled the tank with water and I have a ton of them

Good video....

Finally, a recent video about these worms! I have a couple of questions: 1. Can these worms hurt/infect people? I'm pretty sure that they can't since they are supposed to be scavengers that feed on dead things/rotting things... but still. Worms are worms. 2. Say that I am cleaning out my tank with a siphon and I manage to suck some up-- what should I be doing with the water if I can't dump it onto my lawn? I live in an apartment complex in LA on the second floor... So I had always just let the water go down the drain... but I don't want to put these worms back in our water system if it turns out to actually be bad for us. Is there like a way for me to ensure that I am killing them before draining (i.e. bleach, boiling, etc.)? 3. I noticed some worms in my filter. Not a fan of that. How can I address THOSE worms specifically without sacrificing my biological media? I remember reading something about a salt treatment, but since I'm keeping freshwater fish... I'd rather not mess with that. If I do have to, then I will... I'd just like to know how to do it. I have done quite a bit of research on these worms, and I know their function to the ecosystem (it helps being a Biology major), but I find myself still kinda clueless when it comes to actually handling the worms themselves. Should I be sanitizing my siphon every water change? No one really talks about that except with parasitic worms. Thanks in advance. :)

@AriRenee-rl1ld

6 жыл бұрын

Question 1: No, they don't hurt humans. They feed off of algae and leftover food. Question 2: Yes, you can bleach the tank as well as use extremely hot water, but make sure that you put the fish in a separate tank or a big container first. Once you think you got all of them, you can drain the water. Question 3: You can do the same process from question 2. You can use different types of fish to keep these worms under control. Betta are the most helpful, for they are natural predators to worms and larvae.

I had some in my newly established tank and I got rid of them by just doing water changes.

Since I've never looked for nor seen this creature, I must be doing some things right. Btw, Excellent upload!

@MAFishGuy

8 жыл бұрын

thank you

@evoxxxbih8386

6 жыл бұрын

Bet you do every established tank has them try this keep the lights on for a week straight and than turn them off for two hours and come back and turn them back on you will see them everywhere.

very helpful. I have a 20gal freshwater tank. one of my male guppies started acting lathargic and not eating as much. and a few days later I noticed there were a lot of white tiny worms on the glass. I think it's making the water cloudy. I think we're going to try to cut down on the feeding and see if it helps.

@aidanmccormack5443

5 жыл бұрын

Kianna Silva I’m in an identical situation... same tank, same stock, same problem. Will be vacuuming more and feeding less. Have you had success?

You should put a picture up of what they look like since there are a few different kinds & some do carry potential harm to your aquarium

Thank you I was freaking out for sure... I have one question though is it bad if the fish eat these worms?

My tank has a bunch. Would you do a whole water change or keep to the 25/50 water change every week? Any recommendation on a filter for a 29 gallon split into 4 sections for 4 bettas?

Don't panic. That's the mantra. Thanks!

Thank you for helping me to understand the reasons why i have little white worms in my aquarium. I have a question. I have a 20 gallon aquarium, how many crawfish should i have in that size tank? I also have a 5 gallon tank, how many crawfish should i have in that size thank?

I am a kid thank you because i was panicking

Water changes, water changes, water changes......and clean those filters!

i have had my 10g running for 6 months and i had 1 betta and 4 months went by and i lost her then a month later i got another Betta fish and this time i am prepared for everything im testing all parameters and i only added a floating plant by 123grow which comes in a sterile cup i spend the extra so i dont take the chance of importing parasites but iv had my new betta in my tank for 2 weeks and today i have seen the little worms at the top of my aquarium waterline and i have bin doing 50% water changes every morning to keep my nitrites at 0 because my tank is going thru a mini cycle since it was empty running for the time period that i had no betta but i added a pinch of fish food a couple times to keep some form of ammonia for the the cycle..so i guess its possible even when you dont have more then 1 fish and do daily water changes.. i know now to really dig the sand up and vacuum good... i hope they start to diminish..

Can live plants cause them ( too many live plants decaying)? My daughter has a 5 gallon beta tank with 1 beta and 2 mystery snails. She only feeds the beta what he will eat (one pellet at a time over about a minute) and gives the snails a single algae tablet every 2-3 days. However she has a lot of live plants in the tank. I’m wondering if the plants could be contributing to the worms? Or is she feeding the snails too often?

I have a lot of these worms in my tank. I'm currently doing a fish less cycle with ammonia.

I just moved house and changed 75% of water and found one swimming in my tank. I thought it was a tape worm and was terrified

I had this problem (even thousands of them) then I tried checking for solutions online when I came across your video. I was about to medicate my tank but I wanted to do it as naturally as possible. Medicine will be my last option. I wondered why I didn't have any worm with my previous smaller tank when I only had a betta and 2 Corydorys. Unfortunately, my Corys died in the process of transfering/transplanting them to a bigger tank without isolating my fishes (big mistake!!!). Only the betta fish survived. Long story short, I tried maturing/cycling my new tank for a month with just 1 female betta. That's because I also wanted to wait and grow my plants from seeds and a couple of plants bought from the pet shop, etc before I iintroduce more fishes. To my surprise three weeks after, there were thousands of them all over the glass. They were very disgusting it bothers me knowing there are worms on my tank! So I went to the pet shop, bought me 6 guppies, 12 tetras, 3 corydorys. After 1 day, problem solved! I couldn't see a single worm on the glass! I have a 25 gallons tank. 80cmx40cmx30cm dimension. Just incase someone out there has the same problem and looking for a better solution. Enjoy your Tank!

@ahmedmaj16

2 жыл бұрын

Hi so they all went when you added the new fish?

I just rebuilt my tank to make it good for shrimp. All I have are 2 mystery snails...so I moved my snails to a temp tank and now Im just starving the tank. I will likely go through a mini cycle since I almost completely redid the tank so 100% water change, 50% of the substrate removed (to add fluval for shrimp) and lots of new plants. Im hoping a in a week or so, I see only a few worms instead of the few dozen wandering under the substrate. Maybe the dying worms will even aid the cycle with an ammonia spike. Ill test the water in a day or two.

Phew I only saw four I was about to panic

I see them clinging onto my oscarfishes head and its scaring me

@shaunsimmons634

4 жыл бұрын

beans they will eat on your fish

Saw one of these bastards after I transferred a handful of floating plants to another aquarium. Thanks for easing my mind

Im cycling My tank and I put some food in to break down, so I have a few of them now ( not an infestation ) is this normal

Something I have never had or seen anyway in my tank

@trinitydavis70

4 жыл бұрын

PsychedelicBabe I’ve had freshwater fish for four years and this is the first time I’ve dealt with them 😬

I have them in my shrimp tanks now, but I put 3 small guppy fry in it and within 24 hrs they were gone.

I feel better! But i still don't want to stick my hand in the tank! 😂

@heynamesraul3697

5 жыл бұрын

Michelle Owings same

@billnye198

4 жыл бұрын

If it's the worms that come from snails, schistosomiasis or something like that, than they burrow into human skin and work into our bloodstream to travel to our organs where they breed... Nothing wrong with being cautious

@emmashook6681

4 жыл бұрын

Oh man now I’m freaked out 😑

@yreneflores5794

3 жыл бұрын

Me neither I’m freaking out

Hi I have just set up another new tank its going through a fishless cycle and I have some free swimming white worms would you just leave them I have had no other problems. like this when I set up my other four tanks its just in my new one cheers happy fish keeping

Did a 100% water and gravel change and didn't put any fish back in tank and still found a few and checked agian today and found so many and I havent added any food or anything to water ?? Filter?

I have a newly cycled tank with some plants, spider wood, moss balls. No fish. No over feeding and I see almost barely visible worms all over the glass when I woke up and they aren’t leaving with the tank lights on. I had to strain to see them. I’m not sure if that is the worm your talking about? I’m freaked out! I’m not sure what to do except to vacuum the gravel and do water changes? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I watch over the tank constantly and do everything I can to have a beautiful tank for fish when it’s ready. But apparently not now :(

Okay if you have these worms how many water changes to you have to start doing ?

I found tiny clear glass like worms on my sponge filter. And some of my fish started having sunken bellys. What shall i do? Should i does with API general cure? Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance

Bro I used api general cure in a holding container almost killed my figure 8 puffer he’s fine now... but he was practically dead he had no reaction until I put him in back in the tank.

Respect

I have a outbreak in my 55gal. I breed bristle nose plecos in. I have a ton of plecos in this tank. I do 50 to 75% water change twice a week I use a sun sun canister filter rated for 250gal tank. I feed green beans once a day towards the end of the day. please help there are millions of these worms

I only have them in my refugium just noticed I have 1000nds in my miricle mud there harmless I have uv in my return pump section

what if you have planaria and freshwater hydras?

Can these be little bity worms on your tank glass? They aren't big at all. If so, I have a lot of them in my new tank, I think I got them from a plant I ordered. How do you get rid of them? Just suck them out?

I have been keeping fish for over 20 years and have never had this issue. I do not leave left over food in the tanks.I saw them on the glass did not have a clue got the magnifying glass out when i saw those little sucker I freaked out. It ok you saying clean your tank don't over feed etc....But,what do you do when you have from the very beginning what then. Its the same information over and over but I can't find an answer to my question. There has to be more to this.........I know this is old ...I give up

My tank has these sprinkled all over the glass. seems like overnight. Is it ok then to use my gravel vacuum syphon, with my arm in the water? will they harm me?

So im doing a fishless cycle on a brand new tank.. its cycling, dosing ammonia and i have these worms.

@Pendarr7

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@dehydratedculture9126

4 жыл бұрын

Me three

@Strength_In_Wisdom

4 жыл бұрын

Starting to think these little worms are in our water source

@Mitchthatstoner

3 жыл бұрын

I have em too!

@achemson2003

3 жыл бұрын

I have them too, just found out today. I have never added fish food or even ammoniated in the tank. It is also heavily planted, and recently I added shrimp, so gravel vacuum can't happen. I don't get how they got so many

Hi- how about API Pima fix? Would that correct the problem? Any suggestions ….

@MAFishGuy

2 жыл бұрын

no chemicals really just clean tank more often and less feeding

My whole front glass is covered in them

Is there any chemical that can get rid or treat I have a big Oscar fish I think it’s getting crazy with them white worms I do water changes and still there any solution

Hi! My beta has started to feed on them! Is it normal?

+MA FishGuy What is the white stringy poop hanging from my fish i got 3 Bolivian Rams and noted white stringy poop hanging from one of my fish is it internal parasites ?? i have Aquarium Solutions PraziPro on order just in case

Whatever i have in my tank its way too small to tell if its these or planaria. I can see that the worm lifts half its body up and feels around though