Live blood worms living in my tank????!?!?

joevw007 · Jul 31, 2011

I was looking at my tank and I noticed little red worms (guessing they are blood worms) living in the gravel in my tank. I can see two up against the glass so im guessing there are quite a few. maybe they came in on the live plants?

what i was wondering is if they are a hazard to my plants or fish and if they are how can i get rid of them. thanks

Pigeonfish · Jul 31, 2011

Does it look anything like this: planaria - Google Search?

joevw007 · Jul 31, 2011

no nothing like that. they look just like baby blood worms

joevw007 · Jul 31, 2011

so no one can tell me whether or not these are bad for my tank? google cant find anything for live blood worms in a freshwater tank.

Pigeonfish · Jul 31, 2011

Do you already have fish in the tank?

susankat · Jul 31, 2011

What kind of fish do you have in the tank? I had gotten some once but the fish I had in the tank didn't eat blood worms. Shouldn't hurt anything but they can be vacumned out. Or hopefully you have some fish that will eat them.

joevw007 · Jul 31, 2011

its a 55 gal with about 25 fish and yes my fish will eat blood worms but I just wanted to make sure they wont eat the roots of my live plants.

susankat · Aug 1, 2011

They shouldn't

majerah1 · Aug 1, 2011

Yeah bloodworms wont hurt the plants.The fish may root around for them though.Pretty cool,congrats to having a great live food!

Live blood worms living in my tank????!?!?

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