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as i was doing some maintenance, i found a black worm floating in my turtles tank, it was about 5milimeters long.. should i be worried?

ive had my turtle for a year now, and ive never seen anything like that before, and Turtle is the only one in the tank

Are you sure it was a worm? Was it alive?

yeah, it was all wiggling and when i caught it in my net, it was crawling around. but then i just flushed it down the drain..

.. though i was also thinking that maybe i dont wash the lettuce enough~ but the last time i gave it lettuce was yesterday in the morning..

Do you have a filter? It could be cause of dirty water..like brown gross water, though.

The question is, where did it come from? Did you feed any live foods recently? You may want to bring a fecal sample to your vet to do a test for worms. The test alone should only be about $20 and you wouldn't need to bring the turtle in.

Could it have been fly larvae or something like planaria?

i have never given it live foods.. i recently bought a new setup,new xp3, 60gal tank, new heater though i already had the uvb/a lights

nope, not a fly maggot or anything like that.. it was like 5-8millimeters long and skinny and black, it moved kinda like a caterpillar when i got it out of the water.. hmm maybe it just fell in there from somewhere else cuz it wasnt even on the bottom of the tank, it was floating on the surface vertically (like its head was out of the water and the rest in the under) i dunno, but i guess this wasnt as urgent as i thought.. i havent seen more

was it a mosquito larvae? They usually float at the surface.

Sounds like a mosquito larvae to me, too.

no, it didnt look like that.. i know i said 'head' but i was just refering to the end of its body. but if that was a mosquito larvae shouldnt there have been bunches of them in the tank? well, in any case, if i see another one, ill take a picture and let u guys know. thanks for yer help