PLZ LOOK planaria in my pleco tank

[JSchopf]

I don't know if this belongs here but I have a huge out break of planaria in my 29 gal pleco and cherry red shrimp tank. About 3 months ago I started up an albino bristlenose pleco and cherry red shrimp breeding project. I got both from a local breeder. I stated with 3 dozen juvenile shrimp of mixed sex and just a young pair of pleco, oh and 1 snail. I started the tank with blue gravel some java moss, nice slate pile up, and a in tank 30 gal filter. With in about 2 weeks some shrimp had saddles and my plecos laid eggs. After the eggs hatched I put in 5 ceramic caves and a 4 condo slate cave and a big slate cave. Also throw in a few plants and a small drift wood. I have yet to see baby shrimp but my shrimp that i see are bigger and I have seen the saddles come and go but yet to see babies. My plecos have had 4 spawns for me so far. They love to breed almost as much as that one snail. Now my tank is covered in snails, planaria and baby plecos. I do weekly 30% water changes don't really do much with my filter but wash the cartridge. I feed the tank about 10 wafers and 3 cucumber or zucchini slices a day. With all the life in the tank that much food is gone by the end of the day. I really want this creepy Planaria gone. My plan to get rid of them is, Im going to cut down the feedings to every other day, water changes twice a week and maybe take out the filter and but a sponge filter in. Does any one know any meds I might be able to use or maybe a better plan? How do I get rid of these damn snails too. I was looking into assassin snails but it just feels wrong spending $4 on each snail to replace snails. If my plan doesnt work im just going to pick out each shrimp, put in a 10 gal, the pleco pair in another 10g, and ill put the babies in another 10 gal. Then ill flush the tank and start something new. Here are some cell phone pics that hopefully will help you help me. Thanks for looking.

 

[BODYDUB]

Planaria feed off excess food and you're feeding them way to much. Cut what you feed them to half and only every two days. But there are two ways to try get rid of planaria. Lot's of w/cs to get rid of excess food while feeding less; and using a copper treatment. The copper should get rid of the planaria, but will kill your snails and anything scaleless. Before you do this I would get as much info and advice on copper treatments. I have planaria in my tank and am currently trying the first alternative, but I do have copper at the ready just in case........

 

[cichlid2006]

you cant get rid of planaria permanently. its a part of a healthy tank, read up about planaria and the role they serve in consuming tiny particles of excess food. they are part of your mini ecosystem functioning correctly. usually you cant see it if everything is being done correctly. chemicals are not the way forward.
a huge outbreak means you are doing something wrong and the planaria are like an alarm telling you something is wrong but you have time to fix it. for the population to boom they need a food source so i suggest cutting food down first, you should get noticeable results in a few days as they die as quick as they boom.

its either feeding too much, filter needs cleaned, need more water changes, you need to vac the gravel/sand more or all of those mentioned. basically you are being slack about one or more aspects of tank maintenance.

dont treat the symptoms, treat the cause and the planaria should go back to being an invisible ally.