Worms turned to white flies

[ry415]

First I saw the little lines in the algae. Then I noticed the little worms squigling in the tank. I treated the tank broke it down. Now the works turned to white flies. I wrapped my tank on the top with plastic so they don't get out....my girlfriend is gonna throw me and the fish out.

help
thanks

[usafschue]

what did you use? sounds like planaria cause of the lil white worms, but as far as flies i have no clue........ I use coppersafe for my planaria prob that comes up every time i go away and activate an auto-feeder

[the209jungalist]

Well hey my fish love crickets, spiders, cockroaches, flies maybe your fish will just eat the little buggers!

[ry415]

I've had african cichlids since i was 13 years old and have never seen this either. I've looked all over the net for info on these flies and no luck....i can't believe i have flies.
yuck

[SGypsyMermaid]

did you bring in any plants from a pond? were you feeding any live foods. they could have hitched a ride. do they skip on the surface...if so, they might be springtails=fishfood.

[cichgirl]

look here for aquatic larvae and the bugs that emerge:
http://rivers.snre.umich.edu/www311/aqinsects.html