Genchem No Planaria 50g - gets rid of small white worms in your aquarium (fast!)

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Having a single planarian in your aquarium doesn’t seem like a huge deal. But that’s all it takes to start a substantial infestation! By using some sort of siphon vacuum cleaner you’d remove the dead Planaria from your tank before they start rotting. Following these thoughts, it’s why I usually choose the DIY Planaria trap over having to worry about Ammonia levels in my aquarium. How do planaria worms get into an aquarium? When newer fish keepers see these critters wriggling around the tank, many will go into panic mode. Seeing living pests show up out of nowhere in an enclosed environment is alarming. However, I can recommend a couple of methods that I’ve successfully used to completely eradicate the pest from my tanks. They are two popular ways to get rid of planaria and some other remedies (I will mention them as well).

If you want more drastic measures, you can use 3% Hydrogen peroxide to kill the snails. However, be very careful! To know the safe shrimp dosage you can read my article “Hydra in a Shrimp Tank. Treatment”. Do not overfeed your inhabitants. Your good intentions will lead to their death. One of the easiest ways to control the feeding process is to use feeding dishes. You can read more about “Feeding dishes for shrimp” right here. All of these methods would eliminate planarians from your tank but the one I prefer is creating my own Planaria trap. Since planaria worms are sneaky and reproduce easily it may seem difficult to remove them from your aquarium.I did my best to google this, and read through previous threads in this sub, but I couldn’t find a complete answer: what’s the dosing schedule on this stuff? (E: should I follow the dosage on the bag?) I already moved my nerite. I would like to start off by saying that one of the most important things to understand about the common pests snails (or any snails) is that they often grow to the bio-load in our tanks. Fish are not under threat of getting killed by Planarians and some species can be predators of the flatworm. Through rhythmic contraction of the muscular pharynx, planaria pump the food into its stomach with a siphon-like action. The flatworm has an acoelomate body (no internal cavity to hold organs), without lungs and a circulatory system. Instead of the anus, it has flame cells, which function to remove waste. I find it ironic that these worms are difficult to find in the wild but are a common nuisance in our aquariums.

Yes the freezedried is annoying for it's floatability, I'll give a few a soak, and only feed once every week or two if they're a bit dodgy... it's kuhli McDonalds

The first "day 1 dose" is enough. There is no need to do the 2nd day (50%) or 3rd day (25%) repeat doses. Maybe this is only needed for killing planaria? As soon as planaria have an opportunity, they will try to attach or crawl onto the shrimp. Most shrimp has the ability to jump and throw the planaria off. Planaria’s slime can stun the shrimp so they will not do anything to protect themselves. I’d suggest at least an Aquascaper 900 for a group, and even then, careful selection/management might be needed)

Do it and you will certainly reduce the snail population. Proper maintenance is essential if you want to remove the snails. A few days later and all the worms seem to have pretty much gone, or at least I've not spotted any white wigglers in the water or white flat worms zooming across the glass over the past few weeks since treatment. So "No Planaria" seems effective against these detritus worms too, but it takes a few days to do it's job, not instant as per the hydra. The seed shrimp and cyclops type mini beasts were still there though, seemingly unaffected, and no big issue really. Actually pretty cool to watch. I wish to ask you something, sorry this will be long, but maybe it will be useful to someone out there sharing my concern. And, if the name flatworm didn’t give it away, they are flat. Like someone had a small earthworm and went at it with a rolling pin. Another option is to set DIY snail traps or commercially available snail traps. You can easily remove them in the morning and watch it be covered in snails.One of the most popular products is called No-planaria control in 72h. It’s a natural Betel nut palm extract (safe for shrimps and plants). Be careful, as even though it is a natural product it will most likely kill your snails. Author’s note: Planaria have some key traits that you can identify to tell them apart from the other two common types of tiny white worms that can be found in freshwater aquariums. My betta is doing well and has some red cherry shrimps in with him and a friend gave me some small slightly blue snails and they are breeding wildly, so that tank is doing very well! It is hard to say should you feed your shrimp or not during the treatment? The point is that the product does not mention anything about aquarium use at all.

Freshwater snails, baby shrimp, and even adult molting shrimp may all fall prey to these carnivorous worms. I’ve also observed Planaria feasting on the eggs of shrimp and snails. For shrimp breeders, planaria can become a disaster. The point is that they definitely kill shrimp and snails. So how do they kill the shrimp? The tiger shrimp are between neocaridina and caridina when it come to ease and toughness. They should be fine in the neocaridina tank until you are ready to transfer them to their new home. Next, do a nice deep clean in your tank. Gravel vacuum if necessary, just be careful not to disrupt the dirt layer below. Adding the right fish is a great effective control without resorting to chemicals. Fish big enough to eat hydra directly are probably going to bother your shrimp, but micro fish will help by eating the mini-beasts and hence starving out the hydra.Basically there are only 2 ways to 100% eliminate hydra without breaking down tank and starting again: After less than 1 hour, all hydra on the glass had dropped off - hooray! The next day I did the recommended 50% top-up dose to be sure, but I was unable to find any hydra anywhere in the tank. There were still detritus and flatworms on the glass though, but I wasn't surprised as I had read that it might not be effective against non-planaria worms. Oh well, at least the hydra were gone! I didn't do the recommended 25% top-up dose on day 3 as it was such a tiny amount, too small to measure properly, and there didn't seem to be any need. led to “temporary death”. Once you return them into normal water, they come to life in a couple of hours!