Malakaiea Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) So this has happened in my tank before and I just recently upgraded to a bigger tank. I have an electric blue crayfish and about a year ago I had this issues with white little worms all over the tank glass. Some people suggested it was just paragonimus and that it was normal for a crayfish but I had not had a problem before. After using some parasite cleaner and being very thorough with water changes they went away. this morning I fed my crayfish some blood worms and yesterday I cleaned her tank fresh so there was no other food in there until this morning and I noticed when I got home they are back and this is the first time this has happened in a year!!!! the last time this happened I was feeding her a lot more blood worms and now I only feed her them once in awhile. Could the blood worms be causing this? and if so what other sources of protein could I feed her to avoid parasites like this because I was planning on adding a snail into the tank to help with algae since she has had no issues with snails in the past. Edited January 13, 2022 by Malakaiea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I can’t see them really good but they resemble rhabdocoela. Harmless. I get them at times they are most common in planted tanks. I personally do not worry over them. But look up pictures of rhabdocoela and compare. If they are then you at least have a name for them to research and learn about them. Most microfauna that appears in our tanks are harmless and serve a purpose. It could have come in with the bloodworms. These are not parasitic and pose no danger to other inhabitants. They eat only micro algae and bacteria. Hope this helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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