Re: Planaria Problems

["Chris Jewell" <chris@jewell68.freeserve.co.uk>]

As far as I know, planaria generally cause no problem to fish, although this
may not be true all the time. They are more of an annoying pest than a
problem I think, in the case of the white ones I previously enouncountered.

I have always linked them to situations where a lot of decaying plant and
organic matter is in the tank, and not live food but...........

The only suggestion I have it to keep the tank quite free of decaying
matter, they always seem to go away. Some labarynth fish may eat them, but
many fish dont seem to see them as food.

Dont know if that answeres your questions,
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Patricia Ceger <pc6@acpub.duke.edu>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 2:56 PM
Subject: Planaria Problems


> Hi Everyone,
> > > I need some help.  Yesterday, I brought home some blackworms from my
> > > LFS and fed them to the fish.  An hour or so later, I was horrified to
> > > see little flat worms with arrow shaped heads (planaria) happily
sliding
> down the
> > > aquarium glass on 4 of my 5 tanks.  I went to the LFS and complained,
> > > and they got rid of their blackworms while I watched, and then offered
> > > me some brine shrimp to make up for it.  However, they had no idea how
> > > to get rid of the damned planaria from my heavily planted tanks.
> > > Is there any way to get rid of these damned things without having to
> > > tear down the tanks and bleach them?
> > > Thank you for any advice.
> > > Patricia
> > > PS The worms won't hurt my Apistos, will they?
>
>
>
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