White larve looking things

[fishlover25]

i have some white things in my tank. they look like some type of larvea. they dont swim much they just stay at the bottom on the gravel the only time i see them is when i go a water change that i move the water around. what are they? i do have these bugs that i always see in my tank(no i dea what they are) could it be theirs?

 

[angel51431]

Those are most likely planaria. Don't worry, they don't bother anyone and aren't considered harmful. Sometimes fish eat them. Vaccuming the gravel may help get rid of some of them. Now the bugs are little tiny brown ones, right? I had those in my tank too. They don't harm anyone, my fish didn't mind their presence at all. They are rather unpleasant to look at though. Again, vaccuming the gravel helps. I doubt the planaria are related to the buggies.

Actually, over the summer I was away, and the fish were in my mom's care. She doesn't care for them that well, and the ammonia went up. First time ever that I've had so much ammonia. Anyway, the fish lived through the ammonia spike, but the buggies seem to have died off. Planaria too. Of course I don't reccomend you let your ammonia rise in order to kill them, but I just found it rather interesting.

 

[fishlover25]

thanks for the info, they arent brown at all, they are completly white

 

[angel51431]

the little bugs are white, or the larvae-looking things? Because the planaria are supposed to be white, but you said you also have bugs in the tank. In any case, gravel vaccing should ease up the situation.

 

[fishlover25]

yea the larvea looking thing is white and the bugs are brown. they are hard. they have a hard shelled body