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Help! Weird ribbed white larvae insect looking thing in my axolotl tank!

Kirby

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Hi guys,

Im panicking a little bit. I've come to clean out my lovely black adult mummy axolotl and have found 5-6 of these weird white ribbed insect type things in her filter.

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They're around 2cm long and have appeared over the past couple of days. I can't find any live ones but I am stumped as to what they are. The guy in the fish shop said it looks like mosquito larvae, but I googled that and it doesn't look quite like that.


I feed her live blood and glassworms. Could it be anything to do with glassworms as I've only just started feeding her those.

Please let me know what you think ASAP in case I need to take immediate action. Ill finish cleaning her out for now. Do a big clean and big water change.
 
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I would agree that they're some type of aquatic insect larvae. They're probably not dangerous, just remove them as you see them. There's no need to do a dramatic clean of your tank.
 
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I think they're just glassworm. I found dead ones that looked pretty similar (without the kinks, but that may be just due to the filter) when I kept some for too long.
 
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It looks like glass worms to me. Maybe you should rethink your filter of feeding. It isn't good if to much of your food gets sucked into the filter.
 
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Thanks guys.

I have given the tank a good clean.

I agree, i think it is a form of glassworm. I've recently started feeding my adults a few glassworms here and there as they come with the Daphne's that I feed the Axxies babies. A guy in a pet shop told me that the adult Axxies love glassworm. It was only one or two every two days. They mainly eat blood and earth worms. I think I will stop the glassworm.

Hope that I don't come across them again! :s weird :s

Thanks for your help :)
 
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