Need help with Planaria Worms

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Ok yesterday i was doing my weekly tank cleaning, but was two days over do. As i was cleaning i did notice these little tiny white worms on the front of the glass.

Very micro in size & moves like a snail does. Now i did treat with Parasite Clear but they still remain. Just a small amount of them are left after a 50% water change and cleaning.

After treatment they are still on the move was wondering if anybody had these before? Or used a med. named Clout made by Aquarium Products to remove them. I did add salt raised the temp to 84 F they say 90 F would kill them all off but i don't think my piranhas would handle that temp.

I don't think a copper based med. would be good on my fish either i read up on it, causes organ damage to fish & kills inverts i do have snails in there to. Medicine is a last resort in getting things back to normal. Any ideas on using Clout treatment to remove the remaining worms???
 
Treatments are not the solution. You have to cut back on feeding if you want to stop the planaria from proliferating.
 
I am cutting back on feeding now a little less than norm. It's a set time per day they all eat once a day i do not like to starve my piranhas. I admit they are real messy eaters, but i do feed them smelt which i now cut into cubes/ big enough to fit in their mouths less waste in the tank.


I'm thinking i missed some tiny pieces of it in the gravel which made the worms that's my fault i know & 2 days behind my normal cleaning. I did some googling they are hard to get rid off. I am in the process of eliminating them all together is why i asked for help.

Says less in feeding more water changes cleaning as well. Finally starving them out as they consume algae, bacteria, left overs ect. I never had these before, so i was lost when i first seen them on the glass.
 
It is better to underfeed than overfeed. A fish can go without food for a week just fine. This is why sometimes captive lifestyle is more dangerous than living in the wild. Too many people perceive their fish needs to be pampered with too much food thus this results in several health issues especially bloat and constipation. They are overzealous thinking obese fish is healthy fish which is not. By cutting back on feeding and doing ore water changes, you try to keep the planaria from sustaining their population. They are just around every tank and do not appear as outbreaks in well maintained tanks unless the tank is poorly maintained or when the food supply is quite abundant in which case they will.
 
Aurora Skys;3186942; said:
Get a pleco
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That is not solving the problem. It adds up to the piling problems.
 
I have 2 200 gal tanks with piranha for breeding 6 in each. i use pleco to keep the parasites low and algae too. feed only once a day until they are no longer hungry, scoop out uneaten food. never over feed. do monthly water changes 50%. will keep water perfect.
 
Thanks for the advice i got it under control they weren't planaria, but nematodes i boiled out everything for 2 hrs. complete breakdown starting from scratch. Cycling tank also treated with Mardel coppersafe. I was sold clout by another LFS. I usually don't go to i was just about to treat the tank dissolving the tabs before hand. And started reading the back, luckily i seen not for piranhas oops! Before dosing into the tank or i would have whiped them all out.

Thanks for all of the advice BTW
 
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