Tiny worms in planted tank- how to kill them all

[Mzungu]

Do they look like this?

[Navarro]

Re: Tiny worms in planted tank- how to kill them all

I had them in at list 5 different tanks over the years and I couldn't kill them with chemicals because of the shrimps.
The first 2 time I redo the whole tank and then a friend told me to not feed the fish and add dwarf gouramies and it worked out, I was never able to kill them all but I have to look for them to actually see them; I guess this is the "green way" to slow them down now I only kept amanos in my tanks but you Sr have other shrimps that can turn into food for the fish.
Good luck!

[PhishPhreek]

wk old culture..jpg
This is a picture of banana worms (nematodes) I raise banana worms or micro worms to feed my baby bettas. They do well in old fish food or baby formula but they live less than 24 hours in water so when I overfeed I have to do more water changes. If you have something that stays alive in water I would love to culture it and use it for a food source. Let me know if you can isolate them.

[specialone0812]

MB, They dont look like the ones in the video you posted, we called them BLOODWORMS in the old days, and now tubifex worms. i have seen so many times that the employees at LFS pick them up from the tray by their naked hands without any worry.
Yeah, PhishPreek, the ones in my tank look like the ones in the pic. i googled some more sites and it came to me they are nematodes.
I just did a 30% water change, clean the filter by warm tap water, i will need like couple small guppies and won't feed about 2 days to see what happen. Wish me lucks.
Thanks you all for the help.

[specialone0812]

i have fed the shrimp, snails Tetra color tropical flake, tetracolor granule, hikari sinking waffer in this tank, and whatever left over food become white fungy stuff on the bottom of the tank. and i think that where the worms come from. i may reduce the amount of food and feed them more times.
oh, one more question, the water in this tank become so yellowish after a day or two after the water change? what cause it? tank is running with ADA soil, plants, driftwood, no co2, no ferts.

[wesleydnunder]

Likely from the driftwood but possibly from food or another source. New carbon in the filter weekly should keep the discoloration manageable.

Mark

[DiscusKid]

Maybe you can get rid of them this way LINK, i did so on 3 tanks and completely destroyed all traces of planaria, and hydra maybe itll work in your case, it didnt affect my Orange tylo snails or my amanos. Goodluck

[nhung]

Here is another article about treating planaria and hydra in a shrimp tank. It might work for your work problem.

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/library/52784-planaria-hydra-elimination-shrimp-tanks.html