babyhellcat69 wrote:
> Today I noticed worms in my cherry shrimp tank. They are orangish red in color
and a bit over an inch long. What kind of worms are they? Will they harm my
shrimps? How do I exterminate the worms without harming my shrimp? I really
really dont want to have to tear down the tank and refill it as I have a ton of
newly hatched baby shrimps in there. What can I do???? I am fishing out the ones
I can find but am worried they will reproduce before I can get them all out of
there.
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> Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
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> P.S I really really really hate worms. ewwwwwwwww
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I would suggest not worrying too much about the worms. They are not
parasitic. They're probably feeding on the detritus in the gravel. Try
gravel cleaning the tank using a Python gravel cleaner, to remove
detritus from the gravel layer. By reducing the food source, you should
reduce the number of worms.

Frank