Hello, I have a baffling situation, at least to me and the lfs and local aquatics stores I have reached out to. So I have a planted 10g with 3 male guppies. They have been in the tank since 12/31, so 10 days, and have all been thriving and getting along great. Eating and behaving completely normal. Then on this past Saturday I noticed my tuxedo guy seemed to be bullying my cobra. This went on, off and on for the evening then it seemed to calm down a bit. Then Sunday morning I noticed my cobra was behaving differently. He was hiding in the top corner by the filter and only came out a few times that day. I also noticed the dreaded long, whitish but sort of clear string hanging from him. Which was poo I believe. This morning he wouldn’t eat and he was just resting close to the gravel in the middle of the tank.
I know he could be acting this way due to stress if this actually was bullying, but now the other 2 just seem concerned about him and keep going down to where he rests, seeming to nudge him up to play to no avail.
I had to leave today for a few hours and when I got home I saw a long, 1.5 to 2 inches white worm on the black substrate. I immediately suctioned it out to make sure it actually was a worm. It is it is definitely moving without any water flow. So I called several places, including where I purchased the fish, and no one could help me. They said they’ve never seen or heard of such a worm of that size and color in their tanks or anywhere else. Does anyone have any idea what the hell this could be? I am assuming it came out of my sad, disinterested guppy. But I really don’t know at this point or how to treat.
I have a quarantine tank that I have been trying to get through the cycle process so I can purchase 2 or 3 more male guppies, and safely add them to my tank. It is a bit high in ammonia at 1.0 ppm, so I have not put said guppy into quarantine as of yet. I did add some filter media from my main tank to the qt tank about 2 hours ago to try and speed the process. Any knowledge will be greatly appreciated. Also Gary(that’s the fish in questions name)looks healthy still to the eye and will come out of his sad spots briefly once the lights go down. What the heck is this worm??!! I will try to post a photo, wouldn’t let me post my video so you could see the movement. Trust me it’s a worm?
I know he could be acting this way due to stress if this actually was bullying, but now the other 2 just seem concerned about him and keep going down to where he rests, seeming to nudge him up to play to no avail.
I had to leave today for a few hours and when I got home I saw a long, 1.5 to 2 inches white worm on the black substrate. I immediately suctioned it out to make sure it actually was a worm. It is it is definitely moving without any water flow. So I called several places, including where I purchased the fish, and no one could help me. They said they’ve never seen or heard of such a worm of that size and color in their tanks or anywhere else. Does anyone have any idea what the hell this could be? I am assuming it came out of my sad, disinterested guppy. But I really don’t know at this point or how to treat.
I have a quarantine tank that I have been trying to get through the cycle process so I can purchase 2 or 3 more male guppies, and safely add them to my tank. It is a bit high in ammonia at 1.0 ppm, so I have not put said guppy into quarantine as of yet. I did add some filter media from my main tank to the qt tank about 2 hours ago to try and speed the process. Any knowledge will be greatly appreciated. Also Gary(that’s the fish in questions name)looks healthy still to the eye and will come out of his sad spots briefly once the lights go down. What the heck is this worm??!! I will try to post a photo, wouldn’t let me post my video so you could see the movement. Trust me it’s a worm?