A small pinch of betta food every day except for Sunday. There used to be a frog, and I fed it 5 sinking pellets a day. The worms got into my 55 gallon turtle tank through accidental water transfer. Tiny worms swimming in my water! 141801 - in Freshwater Tank Equipment forum - I don't have any fish yet. I'm on, like, week 4 of the nitrogen cycle, and there are now tiny little half-inch, hair-thin, white.
In 2013, residents of a town in Oklahoma near the city of Tulsa were startled by the sight of tiny red worms – most between a half-inch and an inch long – in their drinking water. Town officials drained and cleaned the local water tank and turned the water back on a few days later. By then, the officials had consulted health experts and determined that the worms, rare in the American 'dustbowl' but common in the Southeast, were harmless.
Nevertheless, town residents were drinking bottled water donated by Walmart. After all, who wants to drink wormy water? Tubifex bloodworms include several distinct species, often going by such alluring names as 'sewage worm,' 'detritus worm' and 'sludge worm.' These creatures are worms that are closely related to the common earthworm. They are divided into distinct segments and do not have an easily identifiable head at a glance.
They sometimes have small bristles. In addition to the red species, tan, brown and black types exist. They move as earthworms do, by stretching and pulling themselves along, often at the bottom of freshwater streams.
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Also, there actually very little reason to remove them completly. Although I understand why you want to get rid of them as you say they are bloating your betta but I'd like to mention that they are not caused by overfeeding and provide a huge service to the ecology of your aquarium. For example my 20 long which houses cherry shrimp, otos, and scarlet badis has zero food input by me and has tons of worms and crustacean 'pests' that solely feed my scarlet badis' and algae feeds the rest of the team. Not to mention they assist in the breakdown of detritus and the overall health of the substrate and therefor your water quality.What I would suggest is cleaning your gravel as you have been and try to feed your betta some freeze dried (or better yet live) daphnia. Daphnia releaves betta constipation like nothing else in bettas.
It's my guess that your betta was getting bloated from before when you were feeding normal flakes or pellets as these lead to constipation and the natural worms shouldn't as they are smaller/more consistent live snacks.