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White worms?? - Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:43 PM
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Hello, I have/had these white worms in my tanks for a few weeks. I didn't really notice them too much until they numbered ~100 in a 10g tank with my 6 weeks old clowns. Here is a short video of one I saw while videoing my royal gramma larva. Any ideas?
 
I want to get a microscope but I remember seeing somebody on here using their DSLR with some sort of lens adapters instead. Does anybody remember who that was or what he is using?
 
http://www.youtube.com/wa...o&feature=youtu.be

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Re:White worms?? - Saturday, March 31, 2012 7:45 PM
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I can't remember the name off the top of my head but I've seen those at night while looking at my tanks.  I want to say that those are a type of bristle worm, as I've gotten them (bristle worms) in the hundreds in my tanks.

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Re:White worms?? - Saturday, March 31, 2012 8:05 PM
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I've seen tiny white worms that I also think are very young bristleworms.  When I look at them with high magnification, they look basically just like bristleworms, but without the coloration.
 
I have a bellows I use with my DLSR that turns just about any normal lens into a pretty powerful macro lens.  You might check it out.  Google "fotodiox bellows canon" or fotodiox bellows nikon", whichever applies to you.

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Re:White worms?? - Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:25 AM
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Planaria maybe ? Not quite long as your specimen, but have found white worms in my old rotifer cultures...
 
They are 1-1.5 mm 
 

 

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