Are these worms??????

[mattgrizzlybear]

Help!!!!! I dont know what these are!! There are these worm like creatures in my turtle tank that are all piled up in a corner behind rocks. Are these worms or just, their poop?? Also i dont have a filter because a peice on the suck in bar doesnt fit, any help with that either??

 

[Julius25]

Can you put a pic please.
So we can be more precise in our answer

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Ok here is a pic

 

[Julius25]

Don't see pic :s

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Let me try again

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Again

 

[Julius25]

ok

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

The brown fat things are the food that sank and didnt get eaten and the long skinny things are the worms, i think. Also i can't get any pictures of the rest of them but the others are smaller and in a pile.

 

[Julius25]

Very hard to see on the pic.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Very hard to see on the pic.

ya sorry i'll try to get a better one.

 

[Julius25]

I understand that in water it's hard to have clean pics.
But for my part at first view that doesn't looks like worm

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Ok

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I understand that in water it's hard to have clean pics.
But for my part at first view that doesn't looks like worm

Ok but there are a whole bunch of them behind the rock what could they be then?

 

[Julius25]

Looks like poop, how big are your turtle ?
maybe by swimming they make movement in water and that put their poop behind the rock

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

They are 5" and 3"

 

[Julius25]

I'm not expert in aquatic tortoise but at this size (if i did good convertion in cm), it could be their poop.
Wait for other people opinion about it .

 

[wellington]

I don't know if they are worms or not, hard to tell. However, what ever it is, you need to clean the tank and get a filter working on it. Either in a fish store or on line you should be able to find a tube that will fit your filter. If not, take it to a hardware store and see if they have something that will fit. Turtles can dirty a tank fast.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

I don't know if they are worms or not, hard to tell. However, what ever it is, you need to clean the tank and get a filter working on it. Either in a fish store or on line you should be able to find a tube that will fit your filter. If not, take it to a hardware store and see if they have something that will fit. Turtles can dirty a tank fast.

I have the filter but i'm waiting for my uncle because he will help me set it up and get it working.

 

[yagyujubei]

Well, they do look like worms. The real question is now, what kind? If they are parasitic, then you've got a problem to fix. I think that I would do a water change, and see if more appear.

 

[mattgrizzlybear]

Well, they do look like worms. The real question is now, what kind? If they are parasitic, then you've got a problem to fix. I think that I would do a water change, and see if more appear.

Ok i will. It looks more like poop though but I will change it. Thanks!