HELP

[njclarke]

Please could anyone offer me some advice on what are the minute white organisms very slowly moving over my tank glass,will they become harmful to my plants and/or fish? How do I get rid of the little blighters? "Hello" from England by the way,this is my first post....quite excited over receiving any answers(hopefully)

 

[Robert123]

Can you get a pic?

 

[njclarke]

Not a chance,they
are only about 1-2 mm in length!

 

[Robert123]

Oh.
Hhmm are they like worms?

 

[njclarke]

Hard to see any definition on them,but yes,they seem to slowly wriggle in a worm like manner.

 

[Robert123]

Have you got little white spots on your fish?

 

[njclarke]

I did wonder about white spot but no,all the fish seem spot free and not rubbing themselves against rocks and suchlike

 

[wvanderborg]

I know exactly what your talking about man. I don't know what they are called but I had a similar situation with them years ago. As far as I could tell they didn't cause any problems with my fish but I never successfuly bred anything in there. They could have been the reason why. But I'm not certain. Do you add salt to your tank? Also do u have any inverts (shrimp crabs snails) or live plants in your tank?

 

[Robert123]

Hhmm im not sure then.
I thought it might be ich.

 

[njclarke]

Yes,I use salt and have the tank planted up,water is clear,ph,nitrate etc is fine, and if as you said no harm came to your fish then that's good enough for me,strange though,never come across it before,nice to know you understand what I'm talking about.Thanks for the reply.

 

[maxwellag]

Planaria. I had them a while back. They are harmless but annoying. To get rid of then simply feed less.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Planaria. I had them a while back. They are harmless but annoying. To get rid of then simply feed less.

+1
Feed less. The fish will eat some too. Completely harmless.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Hhmm im not sure then.
I thought it might be ich.

You can't see ich with the naked eye. What you actually see on the fish, when they have ich, is the fishes immune systems response to the parasite.