Re: Planaria Problems

[FBethea <poppycat_2000@yahoo.com>]

I was just reading an old Exotic Aquarium Fishes book
by Innes. On the subject of Planaria, Mr.Innes's
method was to add a piece of fresh meat tied to
fishing line to remove these pest. (He didn't day from
which animal.)  The paragragh went on to say to do
this everyday until all the pest were gone.  Sort of
on the line of using spring onions on a saucer to get
rid of snails.

Francine


--- Bailin Shaw <bailin_shaw@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Patricia,
> 
> I haven't had any adverse affects to fluke tabs in
> planted tanks.  However, 
> dose at half the recommended dosage.  Even at that
> amount, the planaria will 
> be gone as will most of your snails.
> 
> Good luck with the fish.
> 
> Bailin Shaw
> DFW Aquatic Plant Club
> www.angelfire.com/tx5/dfwaqplants/
> 
> 
> >From: "Patricia Ceger" <pc6@acpub.duke.edu>
> >Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
> >To: <apisto@listbox.com>
> >Subject: Re: Planaria Problems
> >Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 16:20:09 -0500
> >
> >Thanks everyone.
> >The reason that I think the planaria were in the
> food is that I literally
> >saw the damned things crawling out of the cone
> feeder, and they hadn't been
> >there the day before.  However, I have started
> doing daily water changes,
> >rather than weekly, and hopefully that will do the
> trick.
> >Just in case it doesn't, does anyone know whether
> fluke tabs will harm my
> >plants?  I know that a number of medications "melt"
> plants.
> >Thanks,
> >Patricia
> >P.S. I am trying to get my trio of A. "papagei" to
> spawn.  Can anyone give
> >me some advice on that?  They are in a 20-gallon
> long, with lots of caves.
> >Temp. is 79 degrees F., and the water is peat
> filtered to 6.3.
> >
> 
> 
>
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