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	getting rid of planaria?
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	my 10g is literally crawling with these little worms. i would like to get rid of them without killing all the inverts because there are a bunch of MTS that i would like to keep alive. currently i have a betta and a bunch of plants in this tank (and the snails ), and the glass is just covered in planaria. the betta seems uninterested in them as food, but is there some other option of getting rid of them? "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003	All the times I've had them, feeding less, daily 10% waterchanges and gravel vacs worked...
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Yeah, planaria seem to crop up as a result of poor water quality, excess waste, leftover food, or something like that. Just get that tank really clean through water changes and gravel vacs, and the planaria should go away. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Water quality is easier to maintain in a larger tank so get a larger tank . cough mrs moondog will understand. ^_^ [link=H2g2]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/upgrade.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] 2005 Don't Leave Home Without it[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	i can't get a 75g+ tank for my betta duh! much as he might like that, it would be a little too much i think edit: also, i don't feed this tank very much at all, so i'm thinking i just need to step up my water change schedule. thanks Last edited by moondog at 30-Nov-2004 17:42 "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
john.stone Banned Posts: 1600 Kudos: 2332 Votes: 18 Registered: 03-Apr-2003	That... would be... so... awesome.... oh my... As soon as I can rehome my mbunas I am soooo getting a single betta for my 30g!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	Okay then...how bout a 30...Long Just a suggestion . ^_^ [link=H2g2]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/upgrade.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] 2005 Don't Leave Home Without it[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	the 30 long is already stocked with severums which will probably go into the 75g+ tank i will be buying any time now "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Babelfish Administrator Small Fry with Ketchup Posts: 6833 Kudos: 8324 Votes: 1570 Registered: 17-Apr-2003	There we go! very important to get the 75...betta needs the 30 so the planaria can have the 10 . ^_^ [link=H2g2]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/upgrade.html" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link] 2005 Don't Leave Home Without it[/font]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
moondog Moderator The Hobnob-lin Posts: 2676 Kudos: 1038 Votes: 4366 Registered: 30-Sep-2002	75+ -- it could be 90 or 100 "That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28
Piscesgirl Mega Fish Posts: 1305 Kudos: 892 Votes: 0 Registered: 30-Mar-2003	You can set traps for them -- use a clean, unused test tube or similar glass tube (smaller than what fish can get into), and put a food pellet in there. You'll catch snails too, but remove the ones you want to keep.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:28


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