Last night I was looking at my Axolotl's more then usual till i notice a little black dot on the glass, I noticed it was a baby snail. I was like aww it is so cute.. Then I look on the other side of the tank to find more baby snails then I realized that is not right, I do not have any live plants in my tank.
Then i went back to the 1st snail i saw with a bright LED light then I saw bugs flying around ! ! They Kinda look like Daphnia ? It was hard to see with the current (Don't worry, current is not strong, very miled) Then I saw these little white worms squirming around too ! I started to freak out because I've seen those type of worms before Years back when I had a Tiger Oscar fish when I was a kid and I thought it was fun feeding him bugs from outside that I've found. I remember seeing all of those worms in his tank sticking to the glass and sticking to his body ! I remember when he would swim up to me, I would see worms crawling out of his face ! The little holes that he had in his face. It was a nightmare to see that.
I remember I bought some special medication that killed all the worms and I contstantly changed the filter. It got rid of them.
So I checked on my Black Melanoids to see if i can see these worms. I did not find ANY crawling on them. They look perfectly healthy.
I do not know how long this has been going.
These worms are as tiny as a Micro Worm. Could it be Microworms ? Could they live in water ?
I recently got my Axolotl's about 2 months ago a new 125Gallon tank Used from CL. I got a smokin' deal on it that it came with 2 canister filters.
I've seen the fish that been kept in the tank before my Axolotl's. They looked nice and Healthy.
I assume when I recieved the Canister filters, they probably carried these bugs ? I've never had any parasite issues till last night when I discovered them. I cleaned the canisters up the best I could. I did not know they would be a risk on any parasites.
I know Axolotl's can not have any type of Fish treatment/medication in their tank.
They don't seem to be bothering my big boys as of right now that I know of, I am going to keep a close eye on them.
We plan on moving in a couple months, I was thinking since I live in Arizona, When we empty out the tank, Set it outside with it less then half filled with water and let it bake under the hot sun to kill water those pesty things. I hope they will perrish under hot water/sun.
If not, is there any other way I can get rid of these things ? ? I do not want to loose my axolotl's.
I hope these worms do not care for salamanders, I hope they are not in their bodies doing damage or anything. As i've mentioned, I did not see any crawling on their face and body.
If anyone had this type of issue and has gotten rid of the bugs, please ! I would love some advice on how to get rid of them ! I love my babies so much ! !
Then i went back to the 1st snail i saw with a bright LED light then I saw bugs flying around ! ! They Kinda look like Daphnia ? It was hard to see with the current (Don't worry, current is not strong, very miled) Then I saw these little white worms squirming around too ! I started to freak out because I've seen those type of worms before Years back when I had a Tiger Oscar fish when I was a kid and I thought it was fun feeding him bugs from outside that I've found. I remember seeing all of those worms in his tank sticking to the glass and sticking to his body ! I remember when he would swim up to me, I would see worms crawling out of his face ! The little holes that he had in his face. It was a nightmare to see that.
I remember I bought some special medication that killed all the worms and I contstantly changed the filter. It got rid of them.
So I checked on my Black Melanoids to see if i can see these worms. I did not find ANY crawling on them. They look perfectly healthy.
I do not know how long this has been going.
These worms are as tiny as a Micro Worm. Could it be Microworms ? Could they live in water ?
I recently got my Axolotl's about 2 months ago a new 125Gallon tank Used from CL. I got a smokin' deal on it that it came with 2 canister filters.
I've seen the fish that been kept in the tank before my Axolotl's. They looked nice and Healthy.
I assume when I recieved the Canister filters, they probably carried these bugs ? I've never had any parasite issues till last night when I discovered them. I cleaned the canisters up the best I could. I did not know they would be a risk on any parasites.
I know Axolotl's can not have any type of Fish treatment/medication in their tank.
They don't seem to be bothering my big boys as of right now that I know of, I am going to keep a close eye on them.
We plan on moving in a couple months, I was thinking since I live in Arizona, When we empty out the tank, Set it outside with it less then half filled with water and let it bake under the hot sun to kill water those pesty things. I hope they will perrish under hot water/sun.
If not, is there any other way I can get rid of these things ? ? I do not want to loose my axolotl's.
I hope these worms do not care for salamanders, I hope they are not in their bodies doing damage or anything. As i've mentioned, I did not see any crawling on their face and body.
If anyone had this type of issue and has gotten rid of the bugs, please ! I would love some advice on how to get rid of them ! I love my babies so much ! !
