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That is a planaria...
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Is this Planaria?
Hi, I am new in posting in this forum but have been reading quite a while, my first post here and hope I am not asking silly questions..
Been cycling this planted shrimp tank for about 1 month plus close to 2 month, with only 3 oto and 2 snails.. only feed very little to the oto in case they lack of algae. Also, I fed them in a feeding bowl so there is no pollution in the tank.
Recently found some worms inside like earthworm, and this worm which I suspect is planaria. Pretty worried since this going to be shrimp tank and mostly suggest it's harmful to shrimps.
Been treating it with No Planaria for close to 6 days and overdosing so much and it did not effect to the planaria. In fact some seems to be growing bigger. (Already remove all live stocks only plants remain.)
Couldn't really see if there's triangular head, but the white dots on the body doesn't seems to match the planaria which is only 1 white strip, where as this one seems to have a few.
Can any kind soul please advice if not I most probably will tear down and recycling again by tossing out everything from the tank. (Soil, rocks, spider wood, plants)
-Gwen
Yes...
That is a planaria...
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What is the best way to remove planaria in a shrimp tank? Would putting some tetras do the job??
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Think your tank have leeches and planaria. Can catch them using gush catch pen using small bits of liver as bait.
The thin long white ones are detritus worms, the aquarium version of earthworms. I like them as long as they do not get too numerous.
The fat globs does look like planaria but may also be leeches. As the TS noted, there's no obvious triangular heads to be seen.
You can use "No Planaria" to remove them from the tank.
hey bro, sorry to hear that the planaria are growing in your tank.
I am actually planning to reset my tank, about to setup a cycling for next batch of shrimp too.
I would like to learn from your experience so as to prevent the planaria from growing in my upcoming tank cycling as much as possible.
just a few questions,
do you have plants or mosses in your tank? (please ignore this, re-read your post and saw you have plants)
do you inject CO2?
do you use any lightings also?
Thank you in advance.
from 14L to 8L tank.
will corydoras help since TS mentioned shrimps not inside yet?
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Hi, actually is a sis here, not bro..Originally Posted by 14litre
As to your question, yes, I have a DIY co2 and T5 light that on for about 10 hours everyday.
I also suspect it's leeches as it doesn't really respond to no planaria when I spray over one that was on the glass directly.
Btw, it seems that I managed to rid them after a 95% water change, filled with ice water (about 17degree) to the height of substrate and pump in lots of no planaria for an hour.. Filled the tank full and added some salt water in as this is my last attempt of fixing the problem before I move to tear down.
To my surprise, they were all gone! Including the thin wriggly white worms!
I did not use any Cory because this bugger seems to bury themselves deep in substrate and my substrate quite thick.
Anyway, I will observe for the day, if really all seems clear, I will probably take out the substrate and sift it under tap to remove dead worms.
Next problem is, how long does the egg takes to hatch? I scare it might return again if I don't wait till the egg hatch..
The flat globs is not a leech, leech is of darker colour. I have those flat globs in my shrimp tank, they seems harmless to my shrimps.
Salt can kill these worms and the flat globs. But too much will kill your shrimps and snails too
yup that is a planaria( from the picture the planaria is still small so the triangle head might not be obvious but trust me when they grow larger the triangle head is super obvious, i seen it myself )( the white one should be less dangerous,if you have the brown one, it is really time to reset) ,from my own experience, apparently even after i dose large amounts of No-planaria to treat my tank ...they didn't disappear totally... I got a feeling no-planaria might not be effective afterall(heard it is more effective against hydras) ... that salt might have 'melted' those worms.. There are no guarantee that the no-planaria residue and that amount of salt you dose will not harm shrimps in a long term.. the best way is still to manually remove them.
planaria is termed as 'immortal'(for myself) as they will come back... somehow or another ... if they are kept under control ( small population) .. i doubt they will cause much harm to your shrimps..so do not worry too much about it.
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scarlet badis badis do like to eat them... but not shirmplest friendly... they very good at hunt down this pest in the soil...
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oops, I'm sorry for that, sis.Hi, actually is a sis here, not bro..
As to your question, yes, I have a DIY co2 and T5 light that on for about 10 hours everyday.
I also suspect it's leeches as it doesn't really respond to no planaria when I spray over one that was on the glass directly.
Btw, it seems that I managed to rid them after a 95% water change, filled with ice water (about 17degree) to the height of substrate and pump in lots of no planaria for an hour.. Filled the tank full and added some salt water in as this is my last attempt of fixing the problem before I move to tear down.
To my surprise, they were all gone! Including the thin wriggly white worms!
I see. My new setup will not have CO2 and lighting, let's see if my outcome will be different. I will post my update in a new thread when the time is due.
Thanks for sharing your experience with no planaria and the icy water change with salt. I will keep this in my notes also.
Great to hear that they were gone. It's very discouraging to see these when you waited patiently for a 2 months of tank cycling.
Hope to see your next update with the arrival of your shrimps.
from 14L to 8L tank.
Would vermex kill planaria? I have a very severe infestation of planaria in my tank (perhaps a thousand pieces), but I can't seem to find no-planaria anywhere.
Not sure about vermex but here's a list of shops that sells it.
http://www.fas.sg/No-Planaria.php
I bought mine from natural view at hougang ave 8.
vermex is not recommended for usage in a shrimp tank though.....
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Just a day of joy and they seems to return in new hatched creatures. Saw some new eggs of don't know which worm hatched and a bunch of mini worms clustered together.. Eww.
I seriously thinking of reset the whole tank since with the amount of chemical inside the substrate, I am worried about putting in shrimps.
By the way, does soil brand matters?
I am using gex shrimp soil (powder type).
I don't know if a soil brand matters.
The other tank of mine, which is still running with shrimps inside, is using the GEX shrimps soil (not powder type I think).
So far I have bugs in my tank, as in cyclops and very tiny worms (less than 1cm).
The other tank that I am planning to recycle, will be using gravel instead of soil.
from 14L to 8L tank.
I tried vermex but it can't remove planaria in my tank. I think "no planaria" brand is better.
The planaria are birthed from cells in your fish waste however to thrive or merely survive they need excess food. Flakes or pellets that are uneaten will sustain them and allow there numbers to explode. In my experience you should never add a new species or buy a chemical/treatment to fix an issue in your tank (except illness such as white spot etc)
There is a two staged solution that will completely remove these things from your tank...
(A) A big water change of 50% or more taking specific care to push the siphon deep into the substrate to clear out the gunk that they feed on.
(B) Turn off your filter/pump/air stone/ anything you have that causes water movement during feeding. Wet the food with tank water in a container so that when added it sinks, and feed only enough that the fish can consume in a minute. If anything is left on the substrate after two minutes you have fed too much. Also feed once a day.
This will remove the excess food and not allow the food to end up in places that fish can not reach. Once the food source is removed the planaria will disappear. The above is the steps I was told to follow when I had my own outbreak of aqua worms and nasties and in less than two weeks using the above method they were all gone.
One quick note: these things tend to flourish in aquariums with large(r) substrate grain size because the little specs of food can settle in between the substrate and remain undisturbed.
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