General Overview
So my tank has been up for about 1/4 of a year now and i've had no issues until recently when i found a massive, chunky worm with a black streak and black dots on its back, that likes the dark (I found it in the morning) and has what i believe is wormlings on the underside of it. It doesn't have arrow head so not a planaria and moves like how worms would but moving apart of itself forwards than moving the backwards and so on.
Possibility of Root Cause
I believe it may have came from a plant delivery i got a month ago with vallisneria and hornwort, in which they may have hitch-hiked, and before anyone asks I live in Australia, NSW. I'm a fairly new fish keeper as i only have had another tank prior and my current tank dimensions are 60cm(long) X 30cm(wide) X 36cm(high). The overall shape is more of a rain droplet and a detail is that it moves the smallest part of it foward than pulls itself.
Details
I have seen the large specimen in which i have already gotten rid of eat a pest snail and I believe during my process of getting rid of it released its wormling and i can see them on the glass occasionally but most of the time they are at the sides of the tanks. I'm very concerned for my inhabitants which are 5 corydoras (albino) and a large reproducing colony of shrimp, there are also some copepods. My tank is planted decently and i have only been doing water top offs as I am still attending school.
I will try to get photos when i can but don't expect it too quickly.
So my tank has been up for about 1/4 of a year now and i've had no issues until recently when i found a massive, chunky worm with a black streak and black dots on its back, that likes the dark (I found it in the morning) and has what i believe is wormlings on the underside of it. It doesn't have arrow head so not a planaria and moves like how worms would but moving apart of itself forwards than moving the backwards and so on.
Possibility of Root Cause
I believe it may have came from a plant delivery i got a month ago with vallisneria and hornwort, in which they may have hitch-hiked, and before anyone asks I live in Australia, NSW. I'm a fairly new fish keeper as i only have had another tank prior and my current tank dimensions are 60cm(long) X 30cm(wide) X 36cm(high). The overall shape is more of a rain droplet and a detail is that it moves the smallest part of it foward than pulls itself.
Details
I have seen the large specimen in which i have already gotten rid of eat a pest snail and I believe during my process of getting rid of it released its wormling and i can see them on the glass occasionally but most of the time they are at the sides of the tanks. I'm very concerned for my inhabitants which are 5 corydoras (albino) and a large reproducing colony of shrimp, there are also some copepods. My tank is planted decently and i have only been doing water top offs as I am still attending school.
I will try to get photos when i can but don't expect it too quickly.