hey guys thanks for the info., i knew they werent harmfull, and i have several tanks and they only reside in my jag tank? i think that is what bugs me, i have plecos and mini cats in my big tanks and know they do alot of clean up work, as expected the jag lives alone and has a appetite, im cuttting back on the brine shrimp, and bumping my vacing to twice a week.
killing planeria??
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you will always have them. even the apparently planaria free tanks will have a population in the gravel/sand/rocks etc. when they become highly visible then use them as a warning beacon telling you that you need to avert a disaster.
NOLAGT;2586954; said:Ohh I didnt miss it...I just didn't believe it. So I researched it in freshwater a little more.
http://www.planetinverts.com/killing_planaria_and_hydra.html
and more on it
http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/showthread.php?t=52784
and then there is this stuff
http://www.aq-products.com/APpro/clouttablets.htm
and this one list some fish and snails that will eat them
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Ali_Planaria_Worms.html
now everything I have looked at does point at to much feading and not enough cleaning...so that is the base of the problem....how you take care of them is up to you...but there seems to be more than just ONE option.
Ohh and I still think copper sulfate would work
Im chill baby im chill...I would get into debates at the lfs I worked at with coworkers when we were slow. One guy tried to tell me the city we were in didn't put enough chlorine in the tap water to kill fish.. That was an easy test....with de-chloranator on hand of corse.
Excuse me for trying to help....Im Out
I have tried getting rid of them with parasite killers but I have learned to live with them. Its rare I see them now. I don't feed as often.
I must say, they WILL divoure a small dead fish within a week down to bones. I witnessed that once.... yikes.
I must say, they WILL divoure a small dead fish within a week down to bones. I witnessed that once.... yikes.
Has anyone really eliminated them from a tank by "cleaning and cutting back on food"? I'm not talking about what you heard or what everyone else says "so it must be true". I'm talking about whether YOU killed them off, not someone else.
I keep seeing tons of regurgitated information, but never any first hand accounts.
I keep seeing tons of regurgitated information, but never any first hand accounts.
NO-and i keep telling people this but everyone says its not true.ive been in the hobby for 25 years and even if you dont see them you have them to some extent in gravel or in wood etc.can you vacuum and do water changes etc and not see them anymore?YES! but theyre still there-PERIOD.CHOMPERS;2589303; said:
I first worked at a lfs 16 years ago so thats when I would say I was in the hobby. I had a tank here and there before then but I was young and not so into it. I have never seen one in a tank other than in reef tanks. Where do they come from....if everything you put in the tank is new and no live plants are used?
CHOMPERS;2589303; said:
i have cut them back but you can never eliminate them completely. i had so many of them that i could easily spot them while they were floating around and i had white moving patches on the glass. i upped my waterchanges to weekly and cut back a little on the amount of food per serving. they disappeared after a few days as they dont have enough food to keep such a large population alive. they are very short lived hence you can see such a dramatic decrease in what is a very short time period.
you will always have them as any healthy system should but they normally lurk in the gravel and in wood etc and the population should be virtually non visible. as is mentioned above.
