Two more questions...angelfish wigglers?? - Aquarium Advice

Jackiee · 12-01-2006, 10:28 AM

I have two questions.

Will angelfish wigglers still live if they fall down to the tank bottom? I have a gravel bottom. I checked today and all of the wigglers that were layed on the heater dropped. So, will they still hatch?

And another question. When looking really closely at one side of my tank, I saw what I thought looked like dust, but I couldn't get it off because it was on the inside of the tank. I stared closer and I could see them moving! They're so small they don't seem like they do any harm to my fish, but will they? What are they, some type of worm? And how did they get there?

BillD · 12-01-2006, 04:22 PM

Wigglers are hatched eggs, so if the eggs have dropped off they aren't wigglers yet. Perhaps what you see moving are wigglers. Hard to say from your description.

Jackiee · 12-01-2006, 06:45 PM

I'm just saying that I saw around half a dozen wigglers yesterday and by the time I looked at them again today they were gone, so I know they fell. So, will they still be okay? As in live to the free swimming stage?

Zezmo · 12-12-2006, 01:33 AM

My Angelfish parents will pick up any wigglers that go to the bottom in thier mouth and spit them back into the nest.
If you are hatching the eggs without the parents, then the wigglers should be ok, even if on the bottom. Unless they actually fall down between the gravel, in which case that gravel is too coarse for this purpose.

12-01-2006, 10:28 AM	#1
Jackiee Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 60	Two more questions...angelfish wigglers?? I have two questions. Will angelfish wigglers still live if they fall down to the tank bottom? I have a gravel bottom. I checked today and all of the wigglers that were layed on the heater dropped. So, will they still hatch? And another question. When looking really closely at one side of my tank, I saw what I thought looked like dust, but I couldn't get it off because it was on the inside of the tank. I stared closer and I could see them moving! They're so small they don't seem like they do any harm to my fish, but will they? What are they, some type of worm? And how did they get there?

12-01-2006, 04:22 PM	#2
BillD Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Whitby, Ont,Canada Posts: 919	Wigglers are hatched eggs, so if the eggs have dropped off they aren't wigglers yet. Perhaps what you see moving are wigglers. Hard to say from your description. __________________ Join a fish club. Don't have one in your area? Start one.

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12-01-2006, 06:45 PM	#3
Jackiee Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Iowa, USA Posts: 60	I'm just saying that I saw around half a dozen wigglers yesterday and by the time I looked at them again today they were gone, so I know they fell. So, will they still be okay? As in live to the free swimming stage?

12-12-2006, 01:33 AM	#4
Zezmo Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,112 Images: 14	My Angelfish parents will pick up any wigglers that go to the bottom in thier mouth and spit them back into the nest. If you are hatching the eggs without the parents, then the wigglers should be ok, even if on the bottom. Unless they actually fall down between the gravel, in which case that gravel is too coarse for this purpose.