The Puffer Forum

Found this article about identifying worms in the fish tank.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/drosera1/fish/worms.htm

Good drawings and pictures, that should be a handy ref for ID.

Some of the "cures' given I would not use in any tank with fish or in some cae with plants as well, but to be fair, he does give their downsides.

One of the hydra treatments gave me cold chills - involving a battery, copper wire and hyper-oxygenation. I would put the tank, substrate, and decor, all in the trash after treatment. NIMFT, not ever.

Some of those "cures" date back to my youth - which to most of you is roughly equivalent to the Dark Ages of aquatics.

But the site is quite useful for ID - well worth bookmarking.

LOL..that is why I liked the article, for the pictures! I see a lot of questions around the internet about worms in the tank so I thought this was something helpful for worm novices such as myself.

He does lists some treatments that would be a no go in most tanks. Put he also seems to recommend manual removal & better tank maintenance.

I'll have to look at some of his other things - he may be another old-timer to even know some of those antique practices...