cmetzel
Aquarium Advice Newbie
I suppose I am a 'newbie,' but one of my aquariums, a 20 gal. FW containing mollies and swordtails and sneaky uninvited snails has caused some curiosity on my part. Everything seems to be fine a dandy, everyone seems happy and healthy and there have been no fatalities in quite some time. Temp is kept at 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
It has been 3 weeks since my last vacuum/25% water changing and I am due to do it again next week. However, merely by accident did I see little squiggly whitish worm-like creatures crawling on the insides of the glass about a week ago. They are very tiny and almost impossible to see. They aren't collected up near the surface of the water, they are found at all depths crawling on the glass...Sicne I first spotted them about a week ago, I have been keeping a watchful eye and haven't noticed a change in my fish nor a change in the worms. I'm wondering if any of you may know...
A.) what are these?
B.) how did they get there?
C.) are the potentially dangerous for my fishes?
D.) are they potentially dangerous for me?
E.) how do I get rid of them?
Since I am due to clean the tank again soon, I want to know what these are because I don't want to be stickin' my arms in an aquarium with weird critters in them without knowing if they are bad for me or not. Please help if you can. I'm pretty grossed out. 8O
It has been 3 weeks since my last vacuum/25% water changing and I am due to do it again next week. However, merely by accident did I see little squiggly whitish worm-like creatures crawling on the insides of the glass about a week ago. They are very tiny and almost impossible to see. They aren't collected up near the surface of the water, they are found at all depths crawling on the glass...Sicne I first spotted them about a week ago, I have been keeping a watchful eye and haven't noticed a change in my fish nor a change in the worms. I'm wondering if any of you may know...
A.) what are these?
B.) how did they get there?
C.) are the potentially dangerous for my fishes?
D.) are they potentially dangerous for me?
E.) how do I get rid of them?
Since I am due to clean the tank again soon, I want to know what these are because I don't want to be stickin' my arms in an aquarium with weird critters in them without knowing if they are bad for me or not. Please help if you can. I'm pretty grossed out. 8O