therealrigo Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) After two months of quarantining in a 10G and treat initially with the Co-Op's trio, I finally moved my Red-Eyed Tetras and three Panda Cories into my 80G (first crew, apart from an Otto and Amono Shrimp). THEN, this morning, I went to turn on the lights for the 10G only to see white, worm-like things swimming in the water column. I was really disappointed that after two months of quarantining the fish may have had worms all along. 😔 I managed to use a pipette to extract two of these white "worms" (see image below). I decided to see what a small amount of Expel-P would do and so I decided to treat the tiny measuring cup. Almost instantly the two "worms" disintegrated into brown pulps (see images below). 🤯 This leads to a two to questions for the Forum: 1) How likely is the possibility of these white, worm-like things to be parasitic worms?🪱 2) Expel-P seems to have been highly effective in dealing with these things, therefore, should I assume the Tetras and Cories may be infected and treat the 80G with Expel-P? Unfortunately, the 80G is a tall, cylindrical aquarium so netting the fish out would be really difficult and stressful (for my sanity and the fish, too); I would rather pay for more Expel-P. 😅 I had a video to show the things moving about, but I was unable to add to this Forum. Other suggestions are welcome. Edited May 30, 2022 by therealrigo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 7:39 AM, therealrigo said: I had a video to show the things moving about, but I was unable to add to this Forum. you can upload to youtube on private/unlisted and then just link it here if you wish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colu Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Looks like a detritus worm's to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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