HELP re Worm Infestation

[Heart4Missions]

Pardon my greeting but am new to all this.... Confused how to treat 5 & 10 gln tanks for worms (small white threadlike)--NOT on freshwater fish themselves. Assumed parasites & pet store had me get QuickCure, treated 2 days but got worse. Then told might be snail eggs/larvae (both tanks have snails) or leeches & treat w/CopperSafe after removing ALL gravel, etc. Haven't done that yet & not sure what to do. If snails & no danger to fish, I'd rather wait & remove manually later. Goldfish in 10, Guppies in 5 with 1-wk-old fry so don't want to stress them out even further or mess up newly cycled tanks.

[CAllain]

It sounds to me like it could be planaria, which are often found when you're overfeeding. I wouldn't try treatments for them as they're not harmful, but regular water changes + gravel vac should help (I'm not sure what your water changes at the moment are like)

[donvichu]

:c12: Callain's right on spot...try doing siphoning every four or three days....reduce the feed to fishes.....and gold fishes in 10 G is not advisable....try to shif them to a bigger tank as every single goldfish needs about 10G as they are very messy....general thumb rule being 20G for the first gold fish and 10G thereafter....

[Lady Hobbs]

Goldfish get huge and as stated above need much more room. But I would vac that gravel very well, do regular water changes and feed much less. Only give a pinch of food and when that's eaten, give a pinch more.