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The fish tank surprised the little devil, Looking disgusting looking. Dare to ask where the bugs come from? No answers are getting faltering.
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Almost every week someone asks about "protein worms" in the crater.
But every time he answered, he was a little sorry.
Although it can help aquarists solve the problem, there are always some things that are not clear.
What exactly are proteosomes?
What is the regret of the boy?
No nonsense, listen to the gossip about the protein worms those things ~ ·
This article is suitable for friends who have a fish tank at home, and it is more suitable for friends who have protein worms at home. Expected reading 218 seconds.
The most common protein worm
Look at the first fish tank protein worm first, which makes aquarists sick for thirty seconds. (Pictured above)
Almost every veteran aquarist has heard of the protein worms, and many have seen them with their own eyes.
However, you may not know that there is no such species of "protein worm" on the earth!
Pretty unexpected isn't it?
Protein worms, a unique invention of the aquarium circle, this concept only appeared in the aquarium circle, except for our niche circle, no one knows the exact meaning of this word, including the world's top biologists.
There is a similar concept called "miscellaneous seabream". This is a derogatory name for some aquarists to some artificially bred small three-lake cichlids, in fact, there is no "family" of seabream on the earth, let alone this "order".
After going around in circles, He wanted to say to everyone: the name of the protein worm is a "nickname".
The bugs in the picture above are called protein bugs by pet fish players, in fact, people have names, but you just don't know.
Its name is - moth midge larvae. Take a look at the picture below!
Moth midges are adult, a little cute, a little dirty
Moths are pests!
It loves light, so it often haunts places with people, whether you live in a building or a large villa.
However, moths and midges like to send their babies to places where there is water to "board", such as your fish tank.
It's called a pest because they also send their babies to the sewers.
You take a closer look at a picture: a group of moths go on an outing in the sewers, then go to your fish tank to play in the water, and then your leftovers come up to a small barbecue.
Ah ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ the picture is too beautiful, think about it very scary!
Solution: See at the end of the article. Officer, don't worry!
Enigmatic white nematode
The "protein worm" that aquarists call it also includes another kind of bug: the white nematode. (Pictured above)
Unfortunately – this bug must not be called a white nematode!
Nematodes are the largest family of insects on the planet, with more than 28,000 species of seven aunts and eight aunts combined.
With so many bugs, there is no scientific name for the "white nematode".
You say it belongs to the nematode, and you say it is a white nematode, and you firmly oppose it.
In the group of peacock fish players, there is also a guy called the white nematode, which is a bug that grows in the soil, and many aqua friends breed this bug to feed the small fish, but even if this bug, its scientific name must not be "white nematode".
Recently, Hezai admired a heavyweight article, which was the article of the goldfish god "Tianshan Xue" teacher, according to his article, guessing that this insect is a "oligocatellium", and it may be one of the oligoterans - erythematous diabras.
So, he ventured to "steal" the legend of the erythroderma worm and show it to everyone.
Erythematous body worm
This is a beneficial insect that can be used to treat sewage.
But do you think this bug is the same thing as what aquarists call a "white nematode"?
At the very least, it was doubtful.
So far, the question is —
First, what is the name of this bug?
Second, how does it enter the fish tank?
These are two questions that have plagued the children for many years, and for the people who like to dig into the roots, there is no scientific literature to support them, and this problem has always been a problem.
I don't know it, but it can kill it! Hey!
Planarians
In fact, there is a similar bug, which often appears in grass tanks and shrimp tanks, which is the planarian worm in the picture above.
Planarians are the pets of scientists and their own bad taste.
Because scientists like to keep cutting this cute bug, I cut, I cut, I cut!
It is said that the highest record is to cut a bug into more than two thousand pieces.
As a result, one bug managed to turn into more than two thousand bugs, alive!
It's just that cool!
The mention of planarians here is to make everyone discriminate, this is not a protein worm, don't ask me why the treatment of the proteus failed, because when you ask questions, you mistakenly think of "planarian larvae" as a proteosome, so my method for you is ineffective.
Having said all this, it's time to reveal the answer – how do you kill the so-called two "protein worms"?
I am hungry
The most common protein-killing drug circulating on the Internet is: intestinal insecticide, which is albendazole.
It certainly works, but there may be more fish killed by intestinal insects than by intestinal insects.
Why?
Because this is a medicine for people.
Many aquarists can't grasp the dosage of fish medicine!
The essence of any insecticide is poison, under scientific usage, it is medicine, and under unscientific usage, it is poison.
Unfortunately, many aquarists will overdoses. So the result was tragic.
If you're a master fish farmer and you can get the drug accurately, you can use this method.
Criticizing the above plan, what is the good way to do it?
The trick is to use avermectin for aquariums.
Attention! I'm talking about aquariums, not all avermectin can be!
This is an aquatic medicine, which has been packaged for fish tanks and works well.
The coolest thing is that it has both powders and liquid preparations, which one you prefer to use.
Most importantly, the packaging of this drug will indicate the use of the fish tank, which is much more reliable than the human medicine.
There is also a way to kill protein worms online: use mandrows to kill.
It is said to be effective.
However, there is a problem here, many protein worms are not in the main tank, but appear in the bottom filter tank, at this time, what should you do?
What's more, not all fish tanks are suitable for mandrow, such as the dragon fish tank, your manlong is likely to become a dragon fish snack, hehe!
Here, Hezai said another of his own confusion: some people say that protein worms must appear in nutrient-rich water, that is, in fish tanks that do not change water for a long time, but They do see many cases of protein worms in three days and two days of water. If it is a moth midge larvae, this is easy to understand, but what if it is the so-called "white nematode"? This is not easy to explain. This text is only for the reference of the fish gods, do not like to spray, thank you!
It's been two years since he wrote about fish farming, and protein worms are a topic I've always wanted to write about, but the biggest obstacle is the so-called "white nematode.". If any big god, or which biologist happens to see this article, please tell the correct answer based on rigorous literature, and he will be grateful!
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