Small Parasites

[PaulC]

I have very small white worm looking critters crawling around on the glass. They must have gotten in on feeder fish. What are they and how do I get rid of them? Thanks.

[oscarbartoni]

Most likely they are a type of worm that eats left over food and do no harem to your fish. It shows that you are most likely overfeeding the tank or not vacuming the gravel often enough to keep it clean . Nost fish do not need feeder fish because the cheep feeder fish are just that cheep and not very nutritious for your fish. I would only feed feeders as a treat once a month (if that) and feed a food pellet or stick food and make sure to vacume the gravel at least once a week or more often to take away the food that thesa worms use as food and the will starve out. You must make sure to vacume the grave good while you are starving them as them as the worms will be dying and polluting the water too. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />