Found a worm in my shrimp tank

[IllusionX]

Anyone can identify this?

 

[Linwood]

Detritus worm; harmless, somewhat helpful.

Or it's a plant root, can't tell from that photo, but I assume it was moving.

 

[IllusionX]

It's not a plant root for sure.

thanks I'll look that up. I wonder how it got in there, the soil maybe?

 

[Linwood]

It's not a plant root for sure.

thanks I'll look that up. I wonder how it got in there, the soil maybe?

They often arrive on plants bought from a fish store, etc. Could come in on previously used substrate.

When you get them often you can stir the substrate and some will start free swimming up, and the fish will eat them (harmless to them). If you see a lot of them spontaneously swimming up free (as opposed to just the sporadic one or two) it may mean you have too much poop/feed in the substrate. If you just see them periodically when you disturb it, think of them just like earthworms in a garden, almost literally.