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My son's fish tank has got little worm-like things moving and I need to know what to do!?
He has a 2 gallon tank and only has 3 small fish in it. (they are not too big or etc for the tank, the petstore helped us to pick them out) What are these tiny tiny worm-like things and what do I need to do? Thanks so much!
no not red, they are tiny like a piece of floss and brown/black. They are not on the fish but on the bottom on top of the gravel and at the top of the tank too, that has no water.
6 Answers
- mars41928Lv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
most likely they are not parasites, if they were they would be on your fish. You may have overfed your sons fish and the worms are eating the extra food off of the bottom. Your sons fish may never eat all of them, but the worms will die if yu feed the fish less.
- Fish Man!Lv 61 decade ago
Sounds like some sort of planaria. Your tank IS overstocked a 2 gallon is too small for ANY fish. You need to do research before buying fish and never trust petshops.
- JestepLv 51 decade ago
Are they on the fish or on the tank?
If they're on the tank, I would guess planaria. If they're on the fish, not so sure. Post a picture if you can get one.
- 1 decade ago
What kind of fish do you have? They could always be babies from fish that give birth. (Not lay eggs) I mean, if they are worms, where would they have come from? Life doesn't happen from nothing.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
take a picture, post it on like photobucket, give us link, then we can tell you!
