Red worms in gravel

[kdazzel]

Help!

I was vacuuming and I noticed there is red worms in the gravel?
Anybody know what that is?
Should I start my discus on treatment?
Thanks

[MostlyDiscus]

Never seen red worm b4. Do you feed live food? Are you fish showing any signs of stress? Most times you get white bristle worms from excess food/protein in the water. Try to identify what kind of worm it is first b4 you treat. I dont do gravel in my tanks so it is hard to tell you how to rid gravel inbedded worms. GL with it. Ed

[kdazzel]

no I don't feed live food, just frozen brine shrimp

[MostlyDiscus]

The worms feed on something then. Waste or excess food, so cutting back on either should solve your problem. The fish showing any stess ie turning dark or hiding?

[pcsb23]

It's possible that the red worms are midge fly larvae. If so they will be a good source of food :)

[Don Trinko]

I also have these worms in the gravel on several tanks. In one tank the discus follow the syphon when I vacumn the gravel and eat the worms that I stir up. I have also filtered them out and poured them back in the tank and the fish go nuts eating them.
In my case I have fed CBW live and the only tanks I have found the red worms in are the tanks that I fed live worms in.
The red worms look like the CBW except that they are red. Don T.

[MostlyDiscus]

Nice Don, As far as worms are concerned, if you can see them then so can the discus. (lunch);) I try not to use chemicals if I dont need to. Salt is the preferred method of control.