white worms ??

kreper3 · 02/20/2008, 09:22 AM

Last night I noticed some white worms spiraling up and down in the tank. The spiral to the surface and then drift down back to the bottom. They are less than one centimeter at the largest and at rest on the rock are a cream/white color. I have never seen them before last night.
Any ideas?
thanks in advance
kre

The_Browns · 02/20/2008, 09:43 AM

Pictures...?

kreper3 · 02/20/2008, 09:44 AM

yeah, if they do it again tonight, I will get a picture...but for right now, I have none

papagimp · 02/20/2008, 09:57 AM

sounds almost like some type of nematode or larva of sorts. I've found similar sounding wormies in one of my freshwater systems a while back, i think they were some type of gnat larva or something, never did figure it out and the Discus in that tank took em out really quick.

greenbean36191 · 02/20/2008, 10:06 AM

It sounds like your bristleworms are breeding. These swarmers are modified versions or just segments of adult worms that are full of gametes and modified for swimming.

kreper3 · 02/20/2008, 10:13 AM

that was one of my thoughts as it was a full moon last night, i know some worms do their "thing" according to lunar activity... but i figure i should ask anyway to make sure i dont have some parasite infestation or something ....

02/20/2008, 09:22 AM	#1
kreper3 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7	white worms ?? Last night I noticed some white worms spiraling up and down in the tank. The spiral to the surface and then drift down back to the bottom. They are less than one centimeter at the largest and at rest on the rock are a cream/white color. I have never seen them before last night. Any ideas? thanks in advance kre

02/20/2008, 09:43 AM	#2
The_Browns Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Winter Garden, FL Posts: 1,046	Pictures...? __________________ Mike & Jenn Current Tank Info: 120g DT and 35g frag tank

02/20/2008, 09:57 AM	#4
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	sounds almost like some type of nematode or larva of sorts. I've found similar sounding wormies in one of my freshwater systems a while back, i think they were some type of gnat larva or something, never did figure it out and the Discus in that tank took em out really quick. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011

02/20/2008, 10:06 AM	#5
greenbean36191 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ft. Lauderdale Posts: 10,598	It sounds like your bristleworms are breeding. These swarmers are modified versions or just segments of adult worms that are full of gametes and modified for swimming. __________________ Some say the sun rises in the East. Some say it rises in the West. The truth must be somewhere in the middle. Current Tank Info: tore them down to move and haven't had the time or money to set them back up

02/20/2008, 09:44 AM	#3
kreper3 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7	yeah, if they do it again tonight, I will get a picture...but for right now, I have none

02/20/2008, 10:13 AM	#6
kreper3 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 7	that was one of my thoughts as it was a full moon last night, i know some worms do their "thing" according to lunar activity... but i figure i should ask anyway to make sure i dont have some parasite infestation or something ....