Tank attack by Planaria-Flatworm. (No Pic)

[acesk]

Omg, i saw my CR died one by one. Worst case is , i saw this flatworm that invaded my Tank. Any expert advice in getting rid the planaria? I saw quite a few of such worms. Now migrating the shrimps...Tank still have plenty of tiny baby shrimps.

FYI: Appearing of flatworms means it's time to change water.

[silane]

FYI: Flatworm attack young shrimps for nutrients.


Do you witness it by your own eyes? I am under the impression that they are too slow to go after live shrimps or shrimplets.

[retardo]

If you have a planaria explosion, it means that there is an overabundance of food in your tank that will you need to address. I have never known planaria to attack live shrimp, only the ones that have recently died.

[retardo]

Here is a link to an effective planaria trap contributed by of our other members: planaria trap (http://www.shrimpnow.com/forums/showthread.php?t=767&highlight=trap).

[luenny]

I agree, I have planaria too in my shrimp tank too. Never see them attacking my shrimps. Although, I do see them eating food that is meant for my shrimps.

[acesk]

hmmmm....then it make sense. Water quality is affected which resulted in the deaths...(sad..) Original Post edited.

[Shadow]

Does anyone try using Dewormer containing fluebendazole and Dimilin containing Diflubenzuron (explained in the worm article at shrimpnow.com). Would like to know the dosage? Is there any other effective medicine that kill worm and save for shrimps?

I've been removing it manually and get tired of it. What to remove it once and for all.

[retardo]

I've never tried using a medication to kill worms in my tank... I'm simply opposed to the addition of meds, but I have a ton of planaria I'd like to get rid of. I've tried using traps, but those aren't effective enough, because while I am able to catch most of the adults, they have offspring that are sometimes hard to catch and/or see.

[Shadow]

By the way, I got cherry shrimp, hopefully more resilient to chemical

[Shadow]

I've never tried using a medication to kill worms in my tank... I'm simply opposed to the addition of meds, but I have a ton of planaria I'd like to get rid of. I've tried using traps, but those aren't effective enough, because while I am able to catch most of the adults, they have offspring that are sometimes hard to catch and/or see.

Yup I agreed with you, the planaria in my thank is very small, less than 1mm. it is like moving dot or oval.

[Nickel]

My tank have thousands of these creatures moving among the soil.

Been observing them and since they only eat dead shrimps and leave over food, importantly never disturb the shrimps at all, I just let them be inside the tank.

Too small and too many to remove anyway :shocked: .

[Shadow]

It was crawling on the glass in the morning, not nice to look at. I fault for not quarantine new plants.

Help... want to eradicate them, without killing the shrimp of course. :cry:

[retardo]

By the way, I got cherry shrimp, hopefully more resilient to chemical

unfortunately, i have CRS and Tigers in my tank, and I can't risk chemicals killing them. Let me know how the chemicals work with your cherries though. It will definitely help others decide if eradication by chemicals is worth a shot.

[bjar]

I had a population in my tanks ,but after adding "Lymnaea stagnalis"
a comon pond snail ,they seams to be gone .I think I read that this snail can also eat hydra.

[spinex]

I have planeria attack the other time in my small tank.

Surprisingly they are gone without me noticing it. I guess the gradual non drastic way to get rid of them is reduce or no feeding of food for your shrimps and maintain good water quality with consistent WC. No/Reducing the feeding mean less source of food for the planeria. Don't worry as shrimps can scrap food such as algae ...etc in your tank. They will be few without food for a few weeks. Occasionally i also manually remove planeria whenever i see it.

After a few months you will be surprised they are gone !

[retardo]

I had a population in my tanks ,but after adding "Lymnaea stagnalis"
a comon pond snail ,they seams to be gone .I think I read that this snail can also eat hydra.

I hesitate to add yet another pest to my tanks. Are you sure that the pond snails ate the planaria rather than simply outcompeted them for the available food?

[bjar]

Yes ,I can understand that you do not want to ad any potential pest snails
but I already had physa and another kind of small snail in the tank as well as malaysian sand snails ,so I don´t think the planaria was out competed by the new snails .
The reason to ad this snail was becouse I read some
where that some big german shrim breeder kept them in all his thank to controlplanaria.After my last post I did a search on the net and found an articel about hydra that recomended Lymnaea stagnalis to control them ,
they also recomended Colisa sota but is not a fish I would keep in a shrimp
thank :rolleyes:

[Shadow]

I'm starting chemical warfare with planaria, so far so good, no cherry shrimp casualty. I posted the log at different threat.

[Gus]

Great idea lucky enough i have alot of this type of snail in my garden pond will throw a few pcs into the tank see hows the result.

Bro tks for the information


Yes ,I can understand that you do not want to ad any potential pest snails
but I already had physa and another kind of small snail in the tank as well as malaysian sand snails ,so I don´t think the planaria was out competed by the new snails .
The reason to ad this snail was becouse I read some
where that some big german shrim breeder kept them in all his thank to controlplanaria.After my last post I did a search on the net and found an articel about hydra that recomended Lymnaea stagnalis to control them ,
they also recomended Colisa sota but is not a fish I would keep in a shrimp
thank :rolleyes:

[alfredo]

My tank have thousands of these creatures moving among the soil.

Been observing them and since they only eat dead shrimps and leave over food, importantly never disturb the shrimps at all, I just let them be inside the tank.

Too small and too many to remove anyway :shocked: .

Guys!! I thought they are harmless & only eat dead shrimps... but, I just saw one of my pregnant CRS been attacked by a Planaria...!! :embarasse the flatworm stick onto the underside of the CRS & think it's trying to eat the eggs!!! The female CRS is trying in vain to rid of it... so I use a net to help her... thank God, now the Planaria is out... :p

Just imagine if I don't see it... >(