little wiggly things

I was watching my fish today and notice like 1/4" itty bitty white things that were wiggling like crazy. There was like 1 or 2 and one of my fish ate one. What on earth could the wiggly thing be?

With out a picture I would guess they are planaria...If they are planaria they are harmless....Usually a lot of debris and uneaten food on the bottom will cause them to "bloom".....If they are swimming they may be mosquito larva.....Look these up on the Internet or get us a picture so we can identify them for you.

Dan

That sounds like what it could be. Thanks..battling mad green water I haven't been doing my water changes trying to help it clear up. So far it's working, but now I got these weird worms and the fish seem to love them lol.

I've heard of those before, I'm pretty sure they are harmless.

odds are they are harmless and just 'free food'

do a good cleaning and watch how you feed and they will go away

ya, up your w/c and less feeding will help

I get my UV sterilizer I hope tomorrow so will do water changes again. I can't wait to do a water change..it's been I think over a month since I last did one

But on a good note all my parameters are perfect...

well that's why you have planaria if you haven't done a water change in over a month they should be weekly.What are the exact readings of your water test

yup

I wish I could get away with a month one time lol. I do all my tanks once a week and one twice a week.

ya, i feel your pain, watch when i start breeding dicus again, everyday!

I don't want to feel your pain when you do that lol. Doesn't sound like a ton of fun.

Try doing once a week on a 250 gal pond! Thank goodness for pythons and prime.

Yeah buckets would get old really quick.

LOL love the python. Buckets get old even when you have a small tank.

Vixen not sure of the exact readings, I took my water to my LFS there was no ammonia or nitrite. Not sure of nitrate and if I remember right PH was 6.5ish

Nitrates are important to know they are probably high with no water changes. get some floating plants to help absorb the food that the algae (green water)is growing on and aslo helps absorb some nitrates. Why didn't you do a waterchange?

water changes made it worse. It was so green at one point I couldn't see the gravel at the front of the tank. I tried a total blackout and it didn't work. So far it's clearing up without water changes. I plan on picking up more plants today if I get off of work soon enough.

okay good to know. The algae probably helped keep the ammonia down. Did you ever get the sterilizer?

If I get off work soon enough today I will be getting it today..if not I will for sure get it tomorrow

I'm not working today, I live 7 minutes from boardroom if you want to swing by today?
Warning I do have a nasty cold.

Woo hoo you'll love it and so will the fish.

I can't wait to actually see my fish again lol. It's been so long I almost forget what they actually look like

Well keep up the good job and your fish will be in sparkling fresh water.