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From: dalka@ihlpg.ATT.COM (Ken Dalka)
Newsgroups: rec.pets,alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Fish parasites?
Message-ID: <4851@ihlpg.ATT.COM>
Date: 17 Feb 88 16:37:32 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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> About a week ago, after I did a partial
> water change, vacuuming up the gravel as I usually do, I noticed that there
> were little white thingies floating in the tank.  They were white, about 2-4
> mm long and very thin, looking almost like hair.  The fish were eating some
> of them.  

I had some things in my tank a few months ago that sound the same. I asked the
pet shop about them and they said they were nematodes (They didn't tell me
how to spell it so I'm guessing) They said the nematodes were harmless and
that they are good for the fish to eat. I never had any problems with disease
either before or after I noticed them so I assumed that the pet shop was
right. They also said they didn't really know what causes them to show
up, they just kinda happen sometimes.
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