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Pencilfish will eat hydras. i got 4 of them to clear up hair algae. in the end, hair algae still invading the whole tank, but not a single hydra left.
BTW, what can eat seed shrimp. i see all of them on my driftwood, very disgusting.
reduce feeding might help, never try it my self, but never experience the problem, maybe because I feed only twice a week.
Pencilfish will eat hydras. i got 4 of them to clear up hair algae. in the end, hair algae still invading the whole tank, but not a single hydra left
BTW, what can eat seed shrimp. i see all of them on my driftwood, very disgusting.
Indeed disgusting. makes my skin crawl. any fishes that eat them?
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Did you try to use vermex from c328?
Many shrimpers swear by it. Good Luck!!
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Acit
Don't think you can totally rid the tank of planaria. The most you can do is limit the population by feeding less and trapping them.
Vermex is effective against planaria. But shrimp breeders, especially CRS breeders, will not use it. They would rather go through the trouble than taking chances.Originally Posted by acit
If you use chemicals, such as Vermex, you would be able to remove the planaria completely. But really have to use with care, especially if your tank has lots of shrimplets.
I really doubt even with vermex you can destroy all the planaria. Besides vermex is not for the safest thing to use in the aquarium as it is originally meant for humans I think.
Last edited by cheetf; 11th Mar 2009 at 17:39.
I have only used vermex once or twice.
Some Sifus around my area recommended it to me.
So far no casualty *fingers crossed* and planeria is under control
Just sharing my experience.
If you don't feel good about chemicals, like me, then don't use
Better safe than sorry. I don't even use ferts in my tank LOL
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Acit
That was DISGUSTING
Does vermex destroy hydras? I used Hydrogen Peroxide to good effect, maybe it might work on planaria too.
I thought bro spid bought in fenbendazole which is also known as dog dewormer? This is very good at removing planeria and is shrimp safe too but don't over dose it la.
Bro Spid, care to share your experience? Thought of getting some from you to standby too as our local pharmacy don't seems to sell that.
Woa this thread seems to have been alive again.
Hydrogen peroxide is better not to be used in tanks with shrimps. I have tried this H202, yes it killed off hydras and planarias, in addition my shrimps were killed as well. This is because of the oxidising effect of these H202.
One other problem is that H2O2 would not completely eradicate my planaria problem. After a while the remains were back to haunt your tank.
Hi Vernonlcm, thanks for your interest.
Fenbendazole is not just a dog dewormer. Its a drug that can kill off various instestinal worms. Can be used in dogs, horses, fishes and also humans. Another point to take note is that fenbendazole exist in many forms. Some are more soluble while others are not. There is also some difference between the properties of the one used for dog deworming and those used for just for aquatic purposes. How different it is, you need consult some chemist to test it out.
After testing out so many chemicals and drugs ill say using fenbendazole remains the best option to eradicate those planarias. Beside being shrimp safe, it really helps to get rid of some other species of parasites and worms that exist in our soil or substrate.
For those who have been thinking that these worms will not harm your shrimps. Please think twice again. The pictures I posted are evidence of a healthy shrimp eating group.
I've bought the drug but yet to try it..
Since I'm a super duper paranoid person on drugs and chemicals, I'm going to isolate all my plants in a small 1 feet tank and blast it with chlorinated and chloromined water. means tap water la..
leave it like this for 1 week before adding the drug. after a few days, ill do a complete 100% wc and bubble AC through the 1 feet holding tank. do another 100% wc and then add the plants back.
while my tank is bare and ill suck up whatever hydra i see lurking around the tank.
cannot risk it la.. my tank now filled with mosura shrimplets. if they die, my heart will jump sia.
In that case, won't it be more risky doing all those things? As long as you don't overdose it, it should be safer this way right? Anyway is still your decision la. I am just afraid 100 percent water change will be too much for this shrimplets. Better think twice before action. However really envy you can have so many mosura shrimplets. Mine berried a few but no sign of their shrimplets, only sakura shrimplets. I also don't know why. So sad. Please do give some advice if anyone know the reason as my water is considered quite stable without any casualty since few weeks with sakura shrimplets booming. I did dose mosura shrimp tonic daily as well and uses mosura bioplus for those shrimplets. Really hope to see some mosura or even golden or crs shrimplets very soon as my golden had just berried. Cheers.
HAHA, bro.. im not going to do 100% wc in my tank. im going to do 100% wc in my spare 1 feet tank with my plants in there.
eck.. many mosura shrimplets, after taking out all my plants, i realize i lost 1 golden shrimp and left only 4 mosrua shrimplets. -.-"
i realize that my crs shrimplets only survive when my sakuras are not around..
maybe is over population?
by the way, the drug is not soluable in hot water or luekwarm water lei.. there are white powdery residues left on the surface of the water... lucky this was done to my spare tank not my main tank if not i don't know how to take out the residues.
hmmm, its okie. i think i bother bro spid alot already.
anyway... i feel that its true that when my sakura population boom, my crs population go down.
anyway, ive split both my crs and sakuras into different tanks. and my crs is slowly thriving..
There must be a reason behind it on why sakura can boom while not the crs when they are in the same tank. Btw I also don't have extra tank to split them unless transfer Sakura to the small tank but afraid would cause more harm then good to the Sakura due to small water perimeter.
i think sakuras are very hardy.. ive seen some breed in a less than 1 feet tank with just a sponge filter.
Sakura and CRS don't really stay in the same water parameters. It depended very much on your water. If Sakura is doing well then CRS will be not and vice versa. They have a slight difference in pH n temperature for breeding. Sakura preferred slightly higher temperature than CRS.
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