Help me please!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gazelle]

Today I turned on the light in my50 g and my endli spooked and knocked up some crap.(I had a medium common pleco in there for a friend) when everything settled I noticed specks on the glass I looked deeper and saw PLANARIA!!!!!! How do I remove this stuff asap? Temp? Salt? I'll go ask my lfs tomorrow but I added prazipro and cyropro as of now. Please help

 

[mbeatrice]

water changes and salt . plenaria comes around when there is a lot of wast in your tank..

 

[uncwnells]

it sounds like you need to do some major rethinking about how you are cleaning your tank. If there is crap just laying around you are not doing your job correctly. Planaria will show up when there is a lot of waste and extra nutrients. I doubt you will ever get rid of them, once they show up they are super hard to get rid of, but cause no harm to your fish.

 

[gazelle]

it sounds like you need to do some major rethinking about how you are cleaning your tank. If there is crap just laying around you are not doing your job correctly. Planaria will show up when there is a lot of waste and extra nutrients. I doubt you will ever get rid of them, once they show up they are super hard to get rid of, but cause no harm to your fish.

That's why I overemphasized me holding my friends common pleco for a while...
Those things poop like crazy. I do weekly water changes like recomended and the canisters fine

 

[gazelle]

water changes and salt . plenaria comes around when there is a lot of wast in your tank..

How much should I take out and will this physically take out planaria? And will salt kill it?

 

[mbeatrice]

you will always have plenaria but u can hold there numbers down by not over feedin your fish atleast 50% water change and some gravel vackin...

 

[gazelle]

you will always have plenaria but u can hold there numbers down by not over feedin your fish atleast 50% water change and some gravel vackin...

I saw a vid on YouTube where they were like .75 inhes long an glided around like snakes is it possible to prevent them from growing this size? And if I did a 50 percent fri a 25 or 50 sat and a 50 sun will they be almost gone?

 

[gazelle]

Bump

 

[Thalan]

It takes time. They're always there its just the conditions that allowed them to have a breeding explosion. Cut back on food and keep the tank clean and they'll die off enough that you wont see them.
Also the pleco has a really good chance of killing your endli, you may want to relocate him asap.

 

[gazelle]

It takes time. They're always there its just the conditions that allowed them to have a breeding explosion. Cut back on food and keep the tank clean and they'll die off enough that you wont see them.
Also the pleco has a really good chance of killing your endli, you may want to relocate him asap.

Plecos gone for 2 days now he just had to redo his pond specs

what if I change the substrate?(I was already planning ondoing ut this weekend anyways already hve sand in garage) I have gravel now and was already gonna switch to sand for the bichir.