General Care Discussion :: Very weird living things

[freehes]

I need some help. I have had an RES for 7 months and I clean his tank the same way I always do but this time after taking a couple of rocks out, I noticed that there were orangeish, tannish worms on the counter where I clean everything. They were teeny tiny and kept wrapping themselves in a ball. Are these from him??? Is he sick and we don't know? He is acting just fine. Any help would be great! Thank you!

[jwinters]

Wow, that sounds weird. I've never heard of that before. Sorry I can't help.

[blackforces get you]

what do they look like?

what color are they?

how long do you think they've been there?

[freehes]

They are long, skinny, and orangeish/tan. I should probably call the vet. They look like something you see at the pet store with the fish.

[SINI5T3R]

Check here


http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25780

[freehes]

I really appreciate you sending me that link! I think they look like blackworms but I don't feed him live food. Today they look white in the water.

[Farshad.roger]

hey if i understand right in water u found alot of black long worms right or not? if its right its because the water is not moving and its stable for long and these things appear ! i dont know from what but this happened for me too when i left water in the tank without turtle! and after 1 week i came back and i saw that worms

[freehes]

Interesting! Well, they are supposedly called black worms but they are white!?!? Strange! I only saw one in there today! Thank you for your reply!