Worms in the bottom of dwc id help?

Hey so i just changed a bucket on dwc and i notice some thing on bottom of bucket. I always bleach clean buckets between changes its been 1.5 weeks since last change i went to dump out water and suddenly noticed squigly red worms at the bottom of the buck...ive never seem this before. Any ideas??? Im gowing in rockwool only and net pot. Only using gh 3 part no other additives. They are red squigly worms with looks like they had a cocoon? Around them.

Yikes that’s gross. Clean and sterilize everything.

Add 0.05ml/gal of bleach.

NukaKola said:

Yikes that’s gross. Clean and sterilize everything.

Add 0.05ml/gal of bleach.

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Ya no kidding you think i should be worried from other buckets i see nothing in them but concerned it may spread im running 30 sticky traps now and removed that plant and everything related to it from my grow room. Would you h202 or bleach all the other buckets waters with plants in them and what quantities?

how do you get worms in dwc unit, its hydroton and nute solution.

go go kid said:

how do you get worms in dwc unit, its hydroton and nute solution.

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Ya i know i run city water always have and am very clean thats why i was like wtf i couldnt believe they were alive in bottom with no airstone after changing water the other day just hadnt dumped old nutes and bleached The bucket gross as sht maybe a midge fly or bloodworm but how and im more worried about my other babies.

Keep some in a coffee jar and see what they grow into

Kdoggy said:

Ya no kidding you think i should be worried from other buckets i see nothing in them but concerned it may spread im running 30 sticky traps now and removed that plant and everything related to it from my grow room. Would you h202 or bleach all the other buckets waters with plants in them and what quantities?

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I would sterilize everything with a concentrated bleach solution (1/2 cup per gallon)

Then run either 30ml/gallon of 3% H2O2 or 0.05ml/gallon of bleach (fragrance free) in your reservoir. You can get a higher concentration of H2O2 and use less.

Some people may flame at the idea of bleach but I’ve used it in cloners for years.

Yeh they look like these midge flies on this link https://teamaquafix.com/midge-flies-red-worms-in-wastewater/

spliffendz said:

Yeh they look like these midge flies on this link https://teamaquafix.com/midge-flies-red-worms-in-wastewater/

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Yup thats them now are they harmfull i guess is next question

NukaKola said:

I would sterilize everything with a concentrated bleach solution (1/2 cup per gallon)

Then run either 30ml/gallon of 3% H2O2 or 0.05ml/gallon of bleach (fragrance free) in your reservoir. You can get a higher concentration of H2O2 and use less.

Some people may flame at the idea of bleach but I’ve used it in cloners for years.

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Ok i have some 30% and 3% h202 so 120ml per bucket (4 gallon of water per) and would you submerge the rockwool up to plant stock too?

NukaKola said:

I would sterilize everything with a concentrated bleach solution (1/2 cup per gallon)

Then run either 30ml/gallon of 3% H2O2 or 0.05ml/gallon of bleach (fragrance free) in your reservoir. You can get a higher concentration of H2O2 and use less.

Some people may flame at the idea of bleach but I’ve used it in cloners for years.

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Also do a nute change again with h202 in the bucket now or can i leave nutes in there as i just changed the other buckets and add the h202 to it? Thanks for your help.