Larva in my lid. What is it

[Fishdreamz]

When I feed my fish and open the lid some kinda wiggly larva land in the water. Fish love it. What could it be??

 

[mattandmyoscars]

Can you post a picture?

 

[Fishdreamz]

Should be hard to capture a pic. They are small white wiggly worms. I hate worms and have not cleaned the top surfaces under the lid in about a month or so. Fish love to eat them. They are thin and about 7 mm in length or less. Usually about 5 fall in the tank when I open the lid once a day. Yuck I know. No flys in my house or and bugs at all. Never had this happen all the many yrs of fish keeping.

 

[Pleco1415]

These worms you are seeing are called glass worms. Glass worms thrive in dirty places so just make sure your tank is clean and they will eventually die off.

 

[siva]

Could be microworms. Here's a pic:

 

[Fishdreamz]

Defiantly not micro worms. What are glass worms? How are the started

 

[siva]

They are just insect larvae and are harmelss. Just clean out the lid.

 

[Khuligirl93]

I bought frozen glass worms at my local fish store to feed my fish and they love them. You're lucky to have a live supply!