Yes, I dismantled all my filters today, washed everything in primed water, did an 80% water change and hovered all detritus out the tank, there was only a few worms floating about.Before you decide to break out the meds, have you tried cleaning out your filters as well? coz maybe your filters just need a good cleaning to cut back on the food source these worms are eating?
Hi,
Thanks for the message, I've tried to get a picture but they are so small and white I can't really get them, they are in the water column not on the bottom or sides.
They are all about 1cm long, white, and floating around.
I am guessing that prazi is the only safe way to go.
I can get prazi paste that is used for horses, it's only active ingredient is prazi, the rest is flavoring.
What dose of prazi should I use on a 300l tank? How many mg/l should I use?
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I read that link, I don't have Planaria, it looks a lot more like the detritus worms.I'm not even sure in prazi will get rid of those types of worms. Odd that you have a bare bottom tank and do thorough cleaning and worms appear in large numbers after. Maybe the worms are in your food? Odd.
Take a look here: http://www.fish-as-pets.com/2007/11/planaria-detritus-internet-answers.html?m=1 Also, I'd be wary of putting any 'flavoring' in your water. I'd get a product meant for fish or a pure form of the drug which is what I've always used. Maybe the 'flavoring' would be fine, but I'd be sure before I dosed it. Planaria crawl around like slugs, so I doubt you have that.
Some of my fish do look a bit fat and I haven't feed for 2 days...If they are/were detritus worms they do no harm to fish and just break down waste in the tank. AFAIK detritus worms do not infect fish in any way. As I said, I don't know if Prazi would even kill detritus worms, but apparently they did? If your fish are acting normally I wouldn't do anything else but follow the Prazi instructions. I also am not sure what you have (had)???
If you think Epsom would be beneficial, the sticky thread on treating Hex by RD describes how to feed it to your fish via pellets.Some of my fish do look a bit fat and I haven't feed for 2 days...
I followed the prazi instructions, did a 25% water change today.
Epsom salt soaked food should help them poop right?or should I put epsom salts in the tank
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