white worms nematodes in shrimp tank

Originally Posted by garypeck

I bought a bottle of this worm killer thingy from LFS as I sometimes over feed my shrimps too. Pretty effective, but I don't think it does the shrimp much good as some of them started to die off one after another.

Recently I introduced 2 pieces of tetra into the tank and it seems to help rid that problem. But I'm not too sure if the tetras would eat the shrimlets. Maybe some bros here could share if it's ok to have tetras in the tank??

as long as you have some plants and driftwood the shrimplets will know what to do, don't worry. I had 25 shrimps and 40 tetras. now i have probably more than 50 shrimplets after a month.

[globalcookie]

There is a type of guppy that is smaller than e usual size... looks like a split tail guppy (but it is actually transparent). These fishes that are smaller than 1 inch in size, may be a good solution. But just 1 will do and take out after they finish their job.

Stop feeding for now.

Once in awhile, I face this problem too. It usually hides in e dw or frogbit roots area. Am not so bothered if it is only a few pieces

[Koji™]

Actually the easiest method to kill these worms is dose high amount of salt into the tank. But because we are keeping shrimps we cannot do this.

[silane]

Originally Posted by S2S2S2

Hi all,

After coming back from a short overseas trip, i was horrified to see 3-4 pieces of shrimp food in my tank. Thanks to my niece.. my tank is now invested by this worms wiggling in the water and into the gravel.

There is another kind of species that looks more like a planaria but very tiny and short. too small to use any planaria traps (checked on internet)

one of the worms looks like this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61y7K0voIZ0

what can i do now...
anybody can advice?

I cant see youtube video now. Are they white worms that stay in or on soil and sometime wiggle in water (they dun go to tank wall) ? If yes, these are harmless and they can from plant or soil.

[WaveSurfer]

Originally Posted by globalcookie

There is a type of guppy that is smaller than e usual size... looks like a split tail guppy (but it is actually transparent). These fishes that are smaller than 1 inch in size, may be a good solution. But just 1 will do and take out after they finish their job.

You should be referring to endlers?

I'm facing white worm problem in my CRS tank too; guess I may drop one or two male endlers (since females are bigger and thus larger mouths) to get rid of them. But I wonder will the water temperature be too cold for the endlers? (using fan 24/7)