[AquaticLife] Re; Parasites
If they are not attaching to your fish and only come out at night, they are probably planaria or some other type of worm that thrives in the substrate when there is too much detritus in the substrate. The planaria I’ve seen and have in my cherry shrimp tank are not clear but rather an off-white color but the baby ones could look clear since they are so thin.
If they are planaria, they are not harmful to your fish but they do indicate that you need to increase your substrate vacuuming when you do your weekly PWC’s (partial water changes).
Are you vacuuming your substrate now?
What kind of substrate do you have?
What size tank and what kind of fish and how many?
Is the tank planted with live plants?
What kind of filtration are you using?
Last but not least, in the future DO NOT use meds or chemicals on your tank(s) until you know or are reasonably certain what kind of issue you are having. I’ve seen people do more harm by throwing chemicals/meds at a perceived problem than the problem may be causing in the first place. When you aren’t sure and are waiting for good information, you can start a salt treatment which will help with many common bacteria/parasites without doing too much harm to the fish… until you have better information of exactly what might be going wrong. I have section on my blog about Fish Disease and there is an entire section on using Salt so read over the pros/cons of using salt. Some folks use it all the time where I and many others think it should only be used when needed.
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