Unidentified tank mate

[Chindy]

Hey guys don't know if photos came out alright but I've found a weird wormlike creature with what looks like a segmented body same colour as the shrimp does anyone know what it could be and if it's harmful to shrimp or shtimplets

 

 

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[jayc]

On 2017-6-29 at 8:42 PM, Chindy said:

could be and if it's harmful to shrimp

Argh, my eyes!

Sorry, I got a head spin trying to focus on those pictures.

Not too sure what it is. thought it might have been a bloodworm or a midge larvae, not too sure that is what it is. However ...

"If in doubt, take it out."

 

Edited July 1, 2017 by jayc

[Chindy]

Yeah sry hard to get to focus with the iPhone


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I just caught it after I found a shrimp dead that looked like it had split up the middle like molting with no legs when I zoomed in to take a photo it had a mouth that was snapping open and shut very weird can anyone tell me what it is


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[jayc]

I'm pretty Peru sure that is a bloodworm. Harmless to shrimp,  and fish love eating them. 

Edited July 2, 2017 by jayc
Damn auto correct!

[Chindy]

It must be I just looked at images and it has to be. I've only ever put frozen bloodworms twice in the tank very strange lol


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[Matuva]

7 hours ago, jayc said:

I'm Peru sure that is a bloodworm. Harmless to shrimp,  and fish love eating them. 

What he says ;)

Yes, a nice, fat bloodworm. You can let it wander in the tank, as it is harmless for shrimps, or make a fish happy

[Baccus]

I get blood worms occurring naturally in my pond even in tubs of water that I am presoaking timber for the tank in, the adult midges will lay their eggs in any standing body of water that has organic matter in it. I am pretty sure they are a detritus feeder, and as stated harmless to shrimp and shrimp do love eating them.

I used to have a thriving colony of blackworms in my shrimp tank too and when the numbers got too extreme I would remove the lava rock they where living in and give me loaches a treat. The lava rock was also covered in a hair algae so the loaches really had to work to suck out the worms. The only danger I found with the blackworms was if the water got too hot or something else malfunctioned in the tank causing the colony to die suddenly, meant almost the entire tank ecology/ bacteria crashed.

If you have other tanks with fish then raising bloodworms, mosquito wrigglers and blackworms at home is cheap easy and a good food for almost all aquatic pets.