I believe babyhellcat69 wrote this email section below:

> Heres a question for you.
> 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?

No idea. Sorry. Can't say I've ever seen red ones in my tanks.
Plenty of white ones.

They're called nematodes.
http://theaquariumwiki.com/Nematodes

Most are harmless.


> Will they harm my shrimps?

No.

> How do I exterminate the worms without harming my shrimp?

You can't.

I think because you're putting in food into your tank you're also feeding
the worms.

Maybe cut back on the amount you feed?


> 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. I noticed that on the
> sponge filter there are some tiny little worms also. I worry about my
> shrimp and absolutely HATE ALL WORMS yucky

They are natural and every tank has them.
Best way is to cut back on overfeeding. The worms are a clear sign that you
are overfeeding.


I used to feed an algae tablet into a corner of my shrimp tank as it has 4x
Dwarf Oto fish in it as well.

I noticed this odd looking clump and with my USB microscope I found these:
Hope it's not too gross for you. ;-)

http://mytriops.com/mypics/odd_cluster_of_worms.jpg

As soon as I stopped feeding the algae tablet, they vanished.

I now only feed half a tablet, once a week.


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