Question: Just recieved some eggs with extremely small worms with them?????

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Does anybody have any idea what these worms are? If they will harm the eggs? I am picking them out (extremely small) of the eggs, they are stuck to the outside layer and extremely tedious pulling off but any ideas what these are? Or if harmful? All help appreciated in advance!
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Another pic with the eggs still trying to get them all out!
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They don't look like blackworms. They shouldnt have had any feeder worms in with eggs though. like vinegar eels, grindal worms, etc.


There are several species of aquarium parasite that can harm eggs and embryo.
planaria is a huge one, those don't look like planaria (white and flat) though.

causing everything from death of the embryo in egg, to low hatching rates, to even birth defects like abdonimal ruptures.

I would email whoever sold you the eggs, and ask what they were feeding.
personally id request a refund. Especially if the eggs start to die off rapidly.


was looking around...
Maybe a dero(microfex) worm?
 
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Thank you for your insite! Already sent the e-mail I'm sure I have removed all of the worms and I'm going to post more pictures of them! These little guys are tough pulling out of the slime of the eggs, 1 of them were actually inside the slime but not yet to the yolk!! Nasty creatures and I ripped a couple in half, (doesn't seem to affect them) weird:what:

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I have confirmed that these worms are "Dero worms" and apparently harmless to aquaria life! And in fact a good food source!! So thank you everybody! Case closed lol!

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jburns2422 said:
I have confirmed that these worms are "Dero worms" and apparently harmless to aquaria life! And in fact a good food source!! So thank you everybody! Case closed lol!
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harmless to aquaria life, doesn't mean harmless to eggs.
obviously if they ate their way through the egg casings to get at the embryo.

Planaria is considered "harmless" as well, and a food source to small fish who will readily eat them. but like I said, they will kill off an entire clutch of eggs.

I would keep a close watch as they could have reproduced in the water you have the eggs in.
 
Ok, and seeing how those are extremely small it would probably be impossible without a microscope to see the offspring! Oh........what to do.......what to do..........I guess I'll go get a big magnifier!!

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