Worm like creature .

Originally Posted by eviltrain

Does it have hair like looking stuffs on the body? If yes, it a fresh water bristle worm. They can grow up to 10 cm long and is harmful to shrimplets.

Yes, like earthworm w hairs. It's harmful to Shrimplets? How to catch it?
How to prevent this from happening in future?

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Originally Posted by ccm

i guess i know what it is.. it mus be introduced by live plants you bought or drift wood... i used to use chopstick to dig them out of my soil.. freaking irritating..

All my moss and Dw are from my old setup and dw are dried before putting in to my tank and my moss is slowly taken out piece by piece and tied them on to my DW . unless it can survive in my dried DW . i think is i over feed?

Originally Posted by jamiex09

If it's about 1cm or longer, it should be planaria. But if it's smaller than that and crawls in and out of soil fast, it may be copepods.
Copepods are harmless to shrimps, and it's quite common in shrimp only tanks, cos of food and plants.
Planaria I read some articles, may or may not harm baby shrimps.
There is a treatment for it, I my LFS said it may not be safe if you have babies inside.
If you have no baby shrimps in your tank, the fastest way to get rid is introduce small fishes.
Pls correct me if I'm wrong in any way.

I know how Copepods and Planaria looks like and it wasnt like that .
but my tank is free of that , so far so good
but the worm is like exactly like earthworm but it is smaller in size .

Originally Posted by BettaCloud

Lol, i leave them around, occasionally remove with a stringe and put into a cup with some moss n soil. Doing some weird collection but seems like they seldom come out in the cup's soil. I find the wrong looking worm funny to be kept in tank.

Originally Posted by rahdom59

I use a syringe to remove them

Will try that and have a colection of worms!

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Originally Posted by berlinjs

Yes, like earthworm w hairs. It's harmful to Shrimplets? How to catch it?
How to prevent this from happening in future?

Mine is without hair .
i think you can try not to overfeed . Every creature that isnt your shrimps and snails and some other pets that you introduced , comes from overfeeding .