Posts : 4 Reputation : 0 Join date : 2009-07-09 Age : 65 Location : Montanapark Pretoria
Subject: BIOFilter worms Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:06 pm
HiI found little worms crawling in my biofilter today when I opened it after a fish death last night. The bioballs seems clean I cannot see anything growing on them after 2 months of circulation. My water smells like dam water but it is clear with a yellowish colour. I tested for nitrates etc but all seems normal. Do I have to worry about the little crawling things?
Bennie
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Subject: Re: BIOFilter worms Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:57 pm
Do they look like the once in this article? http://www.koiadventures.co.za/Home.aspx?Page=UsrGeneric.ascx&Rec=244
bennie
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Subject: BIOFilter worms Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:53 pm
Yes they look exactly like that. I expected my bioballs to be covered with something else after 2 months not crawling with the little creatures. Is my filter then not active if my bioballs still look clean?
Jaco
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Subject: Re: BIOFilter worms Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:32 pm
Clean is what u want. Clean is good.
wayneb Admin
Posts : 1681 Reputation : 29 Join date : 2007-12-08 Age : 46 Location : Kraai Fontein, Cape Town Metropol
Subject: Re: BIOFilter worms Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:10 am
You will find bloodworms in your filter. Nothing you can really do about it. They like the dark places where food accumulates.
They are not bad for the system. Ill be more worried if i dont have any somewhere in my system.
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