Ewww Another Gross Bug Thing!!

You made me turn my lights off to look.....

 

Okay, I am SOOOO thankful I haven't seen any peanut worms yet!! lol. When I first got my tank I was looking at ID websites and was practically sick to my stomach looking at the peanut worms and pleading to the tank gods that I wouldn't find any of those. Haha So far I haven't!! And I like to think there aren't any in there.

 

its a matter of time thing

 

Whenever I change my filter media, I always find a few; pick them off, and throw them into the tank. My clown chases them and eats them with serious gusto. He loves them! They're good for your tank for all the reasons already mentioned above. Not only are they free food, but they're a sign that your tank is doing well.

Just keep telling yourself that there's NO CHANCE they can live outside of the water, and you'll be fine. At least this way they won't be walking across your floor to your bedroom in the wee hours.

 

Lol! And I am thankful for that! As long as they won't crawl out of my tank I think I'll get through this - but I am a lil' scared to change my filter media tonight. :-/

And I'm sure in no time I will find another new and slightly traumatizing critter in my tank that will replace my fear of the amphipods. Lol

 

watch out when cleaning, the bigger ones can leave a nasty little bite

 

Are you serious?!?!

 

lets just hope yours are mild tempered.

 

Lol bama , I actually pick them off my filter and put them in newer tanks to build ip populations they eat gatgoe on the microscopic lvl

 

i haven't seen any hitchhikers in my tank either, not even amphipods*sp* or pods, i think i'll end up buying some pods just to make sure i have them