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Weird patterns in Axolotl tank

acrpz

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Hi everyone! I’ve being noticing some weird patterns in my Axolotl tank lately. I did a deep cleaning in it last week, making sure everything was nice and clean. However, today I saw those marks again in some of the hiding spots and I am wondering if it is something that can harm my baby. Any idea of what it is?
 

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I get this in a few of my tanks too.
I know its from an organism - I just do my normals cleans and scrub and water change after to suck up the debris - I've had no issues
 

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There are hundreds of types of tiny little worms, and very few of them are harmful. If they suddenly seem to appear in your aquarium they're probably not parasitic, so your axolotl will be fine.

Most of the tiny little worms in aquariums eat detritus - organic stuff that has sunk to the bottom. For example, axolotl poop, left-over bits of food, dust that has landed on the water surface, etc.
Basically, they eat junk and that's very nice of them because you don't want too much junk in the aquarium.

If you suddenly see a lot of them, that might be of some concern. Not because of the worms themselves (since they're harmless), but because an increase in worms only happens when you have an increase in junk. So then you would have to think "where did all the junk come from?" and maybe take action.

A few tiny little worms here and there are no problem, and they keep your substrate nice and fresh.
 

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That is very helpful and brakes me feel better! Hehehe thank you so very much ☺️☺️
 
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