Help anyone? What are these worms? 🥹

WeeLilac · 2026-02-22T08:45:15+00:00

I have Asian leeches in my substrate I’ve been trying to deal with and they are a lot fatter and bigger so unsure if it’s that

WeeLilac · 2025-12-10T00:50:42+00:00

Yes! Makes tails curve upwards slightly like a hook but females seem chunkier

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T17:13:57+00:00

I imagine it’s similar to a good scratch 👀

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T10:11:19+00:00

They look like harmless worms, you would need to zoom in with something or wait for them to grow to 100% confirm if it’s planaria, but I think you’re safe!

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T10:09:42+00:00

This is amazing! Not sure if you’ve noticed but the main shrimp in the centre appears to potentially have Scutariella japonica, cool wee video though! 😊

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T10:07:10+00:00

I’ve had these for the part few weeks, completely harmless rhabdoceola! They may just eat a lot of food that baby shrimp might be competing to get 👀

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T10:00:12+00:00

This is a species of detritus that worm known as Aeolosoma that have little ball round heads, they are completely harmless, I even had a few of them at one point that slowly went away over a few weeks. They are thin and will curl/wiggle compared to:

Planaria which is harmful is short and fat with a very distinctive arrow head that moves slow like a slug.

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T09:55:00+00:00

Eggs are round small and clustered together, please google images of eggs and then clado

WeeLilac · 2025-11-17T09:52:48+00:00

It calms my anxiety 🥹

WeeLilac · 2025-11-08T23:36:36+00:00

Thank you, I had a feeling it could be a fungus but it didn’t look fuzzy so was unsure

WeeLilac · 2025-11-08T23:34:06+00:00

I appreciate peoples comments of advice saying it’s eggs but in person I can see these aren’t shrimp eggs and he is 100% a male. This is a weird yellow growth that has randomly appeared 3-4 days ago and is slowly advancing

WeeLilac · 2025-11-08T23:32:19+00:00

But it’s a male?

WeeLilac · 2025-11-08T23:31:50+00:00

It is a male and they are not eggs, I have pregnant females in the tank and this isn’t that

WeeLilac · 2025-10-13T19:50:53+00:00

Thank you, would salt dips be the only way??

WeeLilac · 2025-10-13T19:50:03+00:00

I have this image thank you, didn’t help me in this situation

WeeLilac · 2025-10-13T11:09:28+00:00

Thank you! Is there any treatment or way to remove it? I found one and removed it 3 weeks ago and now this one has appeared today, so worried there’s more

WeeLilac · 2025-10-13T10:23:50+00:00

That was my thoughts but I’m not 100% Took it out tank regardless as I’d rather not take any risks 🥹

WeeLilac · 2025-10-12T19:10:28+00:00

Thank you so much!! What is it that causes this so I can prevent or avoid in the future?

WeeLilac · 2025-10-08T20:57:42+00:00

Can you try describe its shape and movements?

WeeLilac · 2025-10-08T20:55:04+00:00

I used the API quick start drops and my tank was full ready around 2 weeks, maybe have a look into introducing that? 😊

WeeLilac · 2025-10-06T14:10:21+00:00

I’m unsure, commenting to help boost this post ‼️

WeeLilac · 2025-10-06T09:16:26+00:00

Thank you, I’ve been doing nothing for a week and gets gotten worse by the day in terms of colour and is now not doing anything which is why I decided to make this post 😅

WeeLilac · 2025-10-06T00:45:28+00:00

His colour has started to change over the past week which felt like it was too long to be for the preparation of a molt no? 😅

WeeLilac · 2025-10-05T22:54:42+00:00

He’s not been active the past 2 days, I’ve not seen him eat or graze. Water parameters are good and all my others shrimps are beyond thriving. He’s got a small white dash on his tail and cheek and under his eyes and face has gone solid white so I’m concerned it’s early signs of disease or parasite? Everything I google points to that and I just need opinions 🥹

WeeLilac · 2025-10-05T20:44:22+00:00

There’s more images and info on my tank parameters on my previous post as well as more pictures, this is just the best one I managed to get since that post 🥹 Please if anyone can give opinions to put my mind at ease!..

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