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Newt eating small white worms

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rodrigo

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Hi, i´ve seen my male cynops chasing and eating this tiny little worms. I´ve always had these worms in all of my aquariums. I had never seen any of my animals eat them before though.
Can it be a problem?? are those parasites??
I guess they are harmless since none of my animals have had problems with them before, but maybe eating them can cause problems.
any experience with these worms??
 
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rodrigo

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ok thanx. I was just wondering cause you know they look like planaria and all those aquatic worms. He spends all the free time he has after chasing the female in eating those worms....well better that way, he will clean out my tank haha
 
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carolyn

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Do these white worms appear only when newt larvae are present???
 
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rodrigo

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i have no larvae and i´ve always had these worms in all my aquatic or semiaquatic tanks.
 
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carolyn

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My newts laid eggs and when they "hatched" I noticed these tiny white worms all over my tank. After a couple days there wasn't that many. So I was wondering if it had anything to do with the eggs "hatching".
 
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