little red worms

[Shannon]

I wasn't aware that we had the little red worms in our pool and my kid was swimming in the water. She is bad about opening her mouth and ingesting the water. If she swallowed bloodworms could this hurt her? Can they live inside of a human and multiply? I am freaking out and so far I haven't found any detailed info about what to do if a live bloodworm was swallowed!! HELP!

[blondage1972]

Same lil red worms and treatment seems to not affect the. Test water for quality levels and is perfect. I do question the statement that they are harmless to humans because I held one in my hand to show friend and it bit me..and pretty good lil sting too...so I'm looking into them a bit further before just assuming they are actually harmless to humans.

[barrel man]

the red worms or larvae along with mosquito larvae and anything else that moves i scoop into my net and then feed them to my fish in my fishtank and i have never seen my fish get so exited and agreesive over the live food

[poolfilters]

red worms are most likely a sort of larva usually known as “blood worms”. They are harmless and not dangerous but hard to get rid of. They make excellent fish foods.

[fatman]

i went to a pool store.then i bougt the aqua broom.Then i went home.Then i put on the broom and scooped up a brown thing in the bottom of my pool.Then as i was vacuming it became full so i went to clean it with my hose but then i saw a small red worm!i went on line and i was shocked to hear the name. BLOODWORM!!!!!then i was really scared.but since i swam in it afterwards i felt like i wanted to die .do not go in your pool if you have worms in it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest]

if you have gold fish they will eat the blood worm as you can buy bloodworm frozen from shops look at it as free fish food for your gold fish.

[Eli23]

I have the worms in my pool my dog water and my turtles tank I personally recommend emptying then bleaching the pools and then rinceing really good then refilling it. I did a lot of research and it all says that they are harmless. They are just discussing and should not be ingested. So I took my dog to the vet it was fine and now I clean the bucket of water every day to prevent the worms.

[Eli23]

:wtf: I have the worms in my pool my dog water and my turtles tank I personally recommend emptying then bleaching the pools and then rinceing really good then refilling it. I did a lot of research and it all says that they are harmless. They are just discussing and should not be ingested. So I took my dog to the vet it was fine and now I clean the bucket of water every day to prevent the worms.

They do make great food for some aquatic life

[jennybeans]

They are called Bloodworms. Bloodworms are one stage in the life cycle of the non-biting Midge fly. The red color comes from hemoglobin in the Midge fly’s blood and has no reference to any blood sucking activity. They are herbivorous and feed on algae and other plants or waste material – therefore harmless to you or your animals.
Many fish keepers buy bloodworms as a protein rich food for their fish.