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title: "this a fairly new terrarium, i only added springtails, i noticed…"
description: "this a fairly new terrarium, i only added springtails, i noticed these tiny white worms, should i be concerned?? perhaps they hitchhiked from the plants i…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/JlZgmfitRxCDd44wsMWc-A/65a07460de4fc6b612fdf324"
community: "Terrarium Discoveries"
author: "bryan"
published: "2024-01-11T23:06:08.451Z"
language: "en"
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# this a fairly new terrarium, i only added springtails, i noticed…

_Posted by bryan on 2024-01-11_

this a fairly new terrarium, i only added springtails, i noticed these tiny white worms, should i be concerned?? perhaps they hitchhiked from the plants i added:0

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## 3 comments

### Mullein commented on 2024-01-12

Hitchhikers certainly aren’t unheard of, especially if you happened to collect your plants from outside. Are the worms moving around? Sorry if that’s a dumb question, but they look like new root growth in the picture

#### bryan replied on 2024-01-12

yes they are definitely moving!! i believe they are nematodes which hopefully help the ecosystem, these plants are from a local plant shop but the moss is from my yard so maybe that’s where they came from?? i hope they do more help then harm lol

#### Mullein replied on 2024-01-12

Ah yeah, can’t argue if they’re moving lol. I’m don’t know anything about nematodes but I also hope they don’t cause trouble. I used to have an aquarium and I attempted to de-bug a batch of collected aquatic moss. I swear some of these organisms are bombproof!! I ended up giving up and not adding it to my fish tank

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