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Richard2180
Tara2761
I had some in the shrimp tank, the little ones hatched... but they seem to have disappeared!? I don't know who ate them...
Kimberly4253
I have such a wonder. Ksenia has joined us, they live quietly and peacefully, having moved on to everyone affected by Ksyusha. Now they live on sinularia and discooctinia, and of course on Ksyusha. I haven't noticed any benefits from them, but no harm either; corals don't pay attention to them. They have not been observed anywhere except for corals.
Christopher8654
They have been living with me for six months now. A little at the bottom in the area of disco anemones. There were more, now there are fewer. They do no harm.
John3165
As far as I know, they are not harmful to fish, shrimp, and snails; they feed on leftover food, dead fish, and eggs... The cheapest way to combat them is copper sulfate or copper-containing preparations to deal with flatworms, hydras, etc., from companies like Sera, Tetra, JBL... If they breed excessively, they spoil the appearance of the aquarium by crawling on the glass when there is a lack of oxygen or a change in weather...
Thomas1044
Copper sulfate, copper-containing preparations, in Riff copper is not allowed, marine theme.
Dana4701
Sorry, I wasn't paying attention...
Nancy758
They don't cause much harm, but they spoil the appearance of the aquarium. There are cases when planaria starts to reproduce rapidly and covers almost all surfaces. Wrasses are very helpful in fighting them, with the best wrasse for this purpose being the pajama wrasse.
Heather2018
Yes, I have heard about the Six-striped Pseudocheilinus, Pseudocheilinus hexataenia. But I'm not sure if it's better than the mandarins, and which mandarins, since not all of them are equally eager to eat planaria. I had a Black Sea horned dogfish, and it was eating planaria from start to finish. In a month, I'm going to the sea and will specifically catch the same type that I had.
Robert800
And a photo of the dog would be nice, or I might catch one for myself on the occasion.
Richard2180
My photo is not very clear, so I will describe it. Color: mainly chocolate brown, with 7-8 bright white or yellow spots at the base of the dorsal fin, and dark brown spots at the base of the caudal fin. Most individuals have thin black spots on the head. I will send similar photos and links, as well as one of my own photos of Parablennius zvonimiri. The photo is not great, but that's it. It is a cleaner species, deadly to threadworms and planarians.
Dana6523
I read somewhere that they are eaten by mandarins. By the way, it's a very interesting and beautiful fish. I recommend it!
Alexander
I have 2 mandarins of different types. The planarians ignore them.
John828
There were many topics on the forum about this, and almost all of them boil down to the fact that fighting planarians is pointless, as they disappear on their own. It is said that when they appear, one should check the water quality. I read somewhere that some hedgehogs eat them.
Christopher4108
Shrimp are not dangerous...? No one knows?
Anne
When I started the aquarium, I filled it with "freshly dissolved" water and added "live rock." With zero load - no livestock, the planarians started multiplying at a rapid pace. After 3 months, when the water had "matured" and life began to appear, the planarians somehow quietly dwindled down to a small population...
Danielle
There are many species of planarians. Generally, those being referred to are photosynthetic and are not harmful to aquarium inhabitants.
Scott8536
In freshwater aquariums, they are dangerous for krill and eggs; in saltwater, as far as I know, they live in many for years. Among the proven methods (freshwater aquariums), there is flubendazole; for saltwater, it is unknown, no one has experienced it, and I haven't come across any data on its use in saltwater.
Daniel8015
The easiest way to change the bulbs to a bluer spectrum is that they die. If replacing halogens is expensive, then turn them on for a couple of hours, and for the rest of the time let the actinics in the blue and violet spectrum burn. Feed the corals during this period, and they will cope just fine, while the planaria (synthetics) will be done for.
Adam
Good afternoon, like the previous speaker, I started to notice that after playing with the lights, the number of livestock has noticeably decreased several times, and those that remain have turned a pale beige color (they were burgundy before), soon they will probably all be gone!
Adam
Planarians are not dangerous for shrimp. For biological control of planarians, it is necessary to keep either Pseudocheilinus hexataenia or mandarins Sinchiropus picturatus, Splendidus in the aquarium. Regarding whether mandarins eat planarians - they definitely do! Mandarins are specifically placed in aquariums with planarians for feeding. Alik, if you are interested in hexataenia, visit Patrioticheskaya.
Todd8452
I think we are talking about Synchiropus picturatus?
Katie4842
I bought a Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (six-lined wrasse) and introduced it to my reef tank. At first, it was chased by the female and hid, but the next day I personally saw it remove a planarian from the mushroom and eat it. Later, I fed the fish, and it happily ate frozen brine shrimp, even though its belly was already full (evidently from the planarian). I am satisfied with the price and condition of the wrasse.
Russell8484
Lucky you - my planarian doesn't eat that kind of food.
Larry
In the aquarium where the Black Sea hermit crabs are, there are no planarians on the substrate. There are a few on the glass and even fewer on the rocks. In areas where these hermit crabs are absent, both the substrate and the rocks are covered. Although all of them are connected to one sump.
Daniel8015
On the substrate, she and I mainly have her on mushrooms, rodactis, and sinularia, rarely seen on glass, a little on enteromorpha, and as a joke on sarcophyton, actinia, and protopalythoa; they are not present, as well as on SPS (small-polyped corals). I have never seen them.
Brooke3987
Who has exotic planarians? I want to try crossing them with the local ones; I've heard they are good for selection...
Vanessa
Well, you really are something, our collector.
Adam4310
You better find a way to deal with them without harming the inhabitants of the aquarium, and in return, I will at least gather a bucket for you.
Samuel6138
Please advise who is informed. I bought "Brovanzol Plus" at a veterinary pharmacy, which contains 30 mg of fenbendazole and 250 mg of piperazine per 1 g. Can this medication be used to combat planaria, and what is the dosage for a 200-liter aquarium? The aquarium has scalar fish and a couple of torakatums.
Erica752
Dear, please refer to the freshwater aquarium section, fish health, as this is the marine aquaristics section, diseases of marine animals.
Karen
Hooray. That's what I’m missing in my reef: macro pods and guppies. :-))
Rodney7316
Look closely, read calmly about gouramis, macropods, etc. The topic here is about planarians in the coral reef. Be more attentive.
Javier5186
No problem, use the first method.
Debra
With the gauze, it's especially relevant. If anyone dares to do this, please let me know - "WE'LL DISCUSS."
Reginald5073
I can give you a ride.
Andrew7823
In his description of his reef, he mentioned that planarians successfully change color for camouflage and eat SPS corals! The link was in the section where he mentioned that before introducing new frags, he always bathes them in a Lugol's solution! And once, at the beginning, his inattention to the planarians almost made him restart.
Cheryl
Can you not find the link?
Larry9400
Here are some more passions before sleep)))
Here are detailed photos of how planarians kill SPS.
William5838
There are different types of planarians. In most cases, we deal with photosynthetic ones that peacefully cover the rocks and spoil the appearance of the aquarium. I believe that corals from suppliers (and not only) should definitely be dipped. I use Cure from Tropic Marin. Such a dip kills parasites, stops necrosis, and drives out illegal inhabitants.
Vanessa
Stas, who did you get it from or where? Cure from Tropic Marin. Best regards.
Bonnie
It's no secret:
Chelsea
Wow... Photosynthetic planarians? Can I check the original source of this knowledge?
It seems that (based on my, quite modest, experience as well as that of my friends) they have never photosynthesized...
The planarians depicted in post 1 are photosynthetic. I'm too lazy to look for the original sources for you right now, sorry. You should deepen your knowledge on your own somehow.
Your experience and that of your friends is great, of course, but you can't go against the truth.
Hunter1471
I often have to travel for long periods, and there can be no question of overfeeding in my aquariums. The fish mostly rely on natural food sources. In those aquariums with decent lighting, planarians accumulate in dense rows in the brightest spots. Where the light is limited to T5 lamps, there are fewer planarians. Despite the fact that the conditions in all the aquariums are the same due to the shared sump, these are indeed photosynthetic organisms.
Melissa1838
Shall I send you a population of photosynthetic planarians? I have them for free... settle them in your place and enjoy the discovery.
Kenneth7210
Actually, here is the topic for the logo (there are many about planarians).
Kimberly
Google rules (5 minutes of work!)
Steven757
These planarians are such a nuisance! They can easily ruin the appearance of a nice aquarium, and what can we do then? If we reduce the light, they will start eating the corals; if we increase it, they will reproduce, and we will end up with not sand, but a "woolly mat"! What preventive measures and methods of fighting them are there? We can't bathe live rocks in Lugol's solution.
Anthony
Here are more passions about planarians.
Teresa
Well... When corals are eaten, planarians probably don't think about photosynthetic nutrition... They seem to find meat much tastier... As read from the article linked by Stas, planarians have a mixotrophic type of nutrition. It seems that their "carnivory" is obligate while the photosynthetic type of nutrition is facultative. Depending on certain life conditions, they choose what to engage in at any given time...
Barbara
No, there are just different types of planarians. In my mangrove tank, there are probably around a thousand photosynthetic planarians living under warm spectrum lights, and they don't bother me at all. They don't crawl into the area with cold spectrum lights. There are no food leftovers in the mangrove tank - they are photosynthesizing slowly. Let them live their lives.
Emily3144
I always said - put a proven product in the aquarium - neither planaria nor crypto. We save on everything.
Brandon4517
In my opinion, crypts, larvae of various lower animals, and dinoflagellates are present in any aquarium. They mainly come to us with live rock. They simply develop under favorable conditions for them.
Angela6489
Sometimes you see so much, too many different and sometimes contagious things... it would be better not to see such things in your aquarium...
Kellie
But what did mandarins do wrong? They are not harmful, after all.
Katherine
Planarians don't particularly eat mandarins. An effective method was written by Tkach - planarians cannot tolerate "cold" light. I don't have them under 12000K; they live exclusively in the mangrove zone - 6000K.
Karen
I had a ton of planarians. I bought a mandarin fish and a six-striped wrasse. By the way, knock on wood, they've been living with me for about six months. They look well-fed and happy. But there's a problem. None of them ate the planarians. The situation changed when I installed two new Tunze 6105 flow pumps. The movement in the aquarium has really increased now. In just a couple of months, there are no planarians left at all.
Aaron
Yes, that's right, you won't get far from this trouble with a biological method, and as for the technical solution to this issue, I don't know what to say. In my aquarium, there is plenty of current; there are 6 turbulent pumps, the minimum flow rate is 800 l/h. Regarding the lighting: 3 T5 JUWEL, 54 W, Mg-150 W-10000K, 2 PowerGlo-18000K-40 W, 5 Marina Glo-40 W. It's possible that something in this setup suits the planaria. I will try to wait, as I did once before; I remember about 7-8 years ago it was also present, and then it somehow disappeared on its own.
Adrienne
No words. If your aquarium is over 8 years old, and it has already lost its planaria before, it will definitely disappear this time as well. The only question is when?
Justin
There is a topic where decaris or levamisole is used to fight planarians. Has anyone tried it here?
Devon107
I come in the morning, and all my planarians have climbed onto a red algae (like grapes), I forgot the name. I took out the algae. I rinsed it off from those pests, and I haven't seen them for 2 weeks.
Mariah
And where did the others go?
Jennifer7578
Until that day, they were hanging out all over the aquarium. On mushrooms, rocks, etc. A couple of weeks ago, almost all of them crowded onto that algae! I don't know what interested them there. I just siphoned the remains of the planarians from the substrate. If I count 5-10 planarians now, that would be good (in a figurative sense). By the way, I washed them in an interesting way - I placed the algae in an iron pot and used a pump to blow the planarians off.
Jacqueline6670
Maxim, today I will send you a new batch of planarians with algae and invertebrates, so a fresh influx is guaranteed, and there will be plenty of work to do. Sorry for the flood. Best regards.
Ashley5975
Yes, yes! By the way, I forgot to mention where I got them from in the first place. Sorry for the OFF.
Joseph2576
These are agents for the destruction of helminths in warm-blooded animals, if I'm not mistaken. How will the coral biocenosis react to them? Will we end up cursing the day when, along with the dead planaria, the garbage gets enriched with, for example, catalaffilia or plexaura...
Kimberly
I heard that soft corals and LPS (large-polyped corals) tolerate levamisole well, but after the treatment course, it's necessary to add a good amount of carbon and perform a water change. Levamisole is not as concerning as the release of toxins when planarians die.
Jessica5348
On the third, I tested it on my aquarium. The dose was 7.5% levamisole, 5 ml for 250 liters. I added it in the evening, and by morning, the small planarians were already gone. All the animals are feeling well (shrimp, stars, LPS and SPS corals, mushrooms, etc.), and I hope this does not apply to the planarians. A repeat of the procedure for prevention is scheduled for next week. Unfortunately, this procedure has little effect on acroporid parasites, or the concentration of the medication needs to be much higher.
Stephanie4990
E.K.
Good day!
I am closely following your struggle with this affliction; I have more of this "good" than there is gutalin in a gutalin factory... I would appreciate any information on this matter.
What kind of parasites are causing trouble on the acroporas? Can they harm the soft corals and LPS?
Best regards!
Brent8919
It seems like they weren't really malicious... To be honest, I didn't pay much attention to this issue. During a conversation with a friend who shares my hobby, we started talking about planarians. At home, I carefully looked in the tank and found these pests (small brown worms about three millimeters long), which I successfully treated with levamisole. At the same time, I noticed that one of my acroporas was looking worse; after bathing it in Lugol's solution, flat worms (about seven millimeters long and three to four wide) fell off. Strangely, after bathing the other corals, nothing was found in them. Has anyone encountered a similar problem?
Tricia7885
I know that some types of nudibranchs parasitize SPS and LPS, but I have no idea what they look like. What if this is them, but they resemble flatworms?.....
John3335
It was mentioned in a conversation - a bath for up to 10 minutes in hydroxide (???, probably for decorations, substrate, etc.) or in fresh water. Discoactinia were mentioned. I will clarify.
Laura3673
I was advised to use such a remedy at the pet store: I had to save all the snails before using it, as I didn't intend to poison them.
Bryan1851
This product is for peach.....it's practically impossible to dig out all the snails from the sea.....the name of the manufacturer "DAYANA" reminds me of the dye "TITANIC" from the movie "12 Chairs"..... I'm not sure anyone would dare to experiment with their aquarium using such bottles.
Selena4467
It is probably a copper-based medication. In marine aquariums, copper "kills" all the inhabitants.
Julie4738
I have these creatures in my aquarium with livebearers. The color is mostly light beige; how dangerous are they?
Matthew1280
Don't worry. They pose no danger to your live births.
Cassandra7840
Today I found this offer on the internet -
Anti-planaria remedy "AntiPlanarin" ANTIILL
Has anyone tried it?
Emily
It's unlikely that anyone has tried the anti-planarian agent "AntiPlanarin" ANTIILL in their marine reef. What works for freshwater is not suitable for the sea.
Amber
Unlikely. All of this is deadly chemicals, and a reef aquarium doesn't get along with them...
Maria
Then there must be their natural enemy that eats them as food. It's meat after all. Maybe some shrimp, they even eat aiptasia.
Michael
I used to have two aquariums (now I have one for now), in one there were no planarians, while in the other there were plenty (I did a restart because of that)... then I heard from someone that if there are a lot of melanoides in the substrate, they don't appear, and in the aquarium where they weren't present, there were hundreds of melanoides in the substrate... so there! Maybe it's true... I don't know...
Lindsay
Off-topic. After a year of fighting planarians in the marine aquarium, I have tried everything available to me, including mandarins and wrasses, and even manual removal; the only option left is to chew them myself.
Dear, this is the marine section, and issues with freshwater bodies belong in another thread. Marine planarians are tougher.
Best regards.
Chad231
And again I'm with planarians.
Does anyone have information on what they eat?
They crawl on mushrooms and Ricordea... Why not on Acropora or Briarium? There’s something they like there... If we can figure that out, we can come up with a trap for them.
Brooke3987
After reading this information, I realized who is to blame for the abundance of planarians; it's "GARIK" - the main supplier of Artemia. Just kidding.
Christopher4108
Reading the link through the eyes of invertebrates, I became confused. No, no, no...
Melanie
Yes, the result was quick to show. Even in large aquariums, you can successfully fight this nuisance and reduce the procedure to once a week, spending a minimum of 20 minutes of free time on it. The main thing is to carefully design the tip to achieve maximum removal of planarians with minimal water usage, and also to be able to gently remove parasites from the surface of invertebrates without causing them harm or making them shrink.
Melinda
Oh wow. I was thinking, am I selling Artemia too cheaply?
Mitchell3177
I accept beer for advertising.
Jessica8898
Hi Tolik! I'm just using a 2-meter hose to collect planaria in the aquarium, while my daughter holds the other end in a small net, with the planaria in the net and the water going into the sump. You can also use a stocking instead of a net! Or am I doing something wrong?
Amber
Everything is like that. I also do it with her, through the millstone, but the water back, and pour boiling water into the pot.
Laura4892
Although it's silly, it's still correct. I do the same thing, only with the difference that I use a plastic tip that narrows at the very end, which is more convenient and uses less water that then needs to be returned to the aquarium with a net.
Patricia1746
My power glow didn't like it much, everyone hid in the shade, I think they'll adapt, but I really hope not. It's been shining for 4 days so far.
Kyle
99% photosynthetic.
Cynthia6578
Have you tried Fenbendazole or is it only for freshwater?
Bethany
Not suitable for a marine reef aquarium - the invertebrates won't survive.
Kimberly3727
It's easier to throw a grenade in rhyme.
Debbie3587
...together with the bums?
And didn't this guy show photos of his aquarium before and after treatment with lanthanum chloride?
Stephen5857
This is called "heard the bell, don't know where it is."
Tanner
Lanthanum chloride is indeed used to remove phosphates from the aquarium. I don't know how it affects planaria.
Jacqueline6670
The dose is 7.5% levamisole 5ml per 250 liters. Applied in the evening, by morning the flatworms were already gone. All the animals are doing well (shrimp, stars, LPS and SPS corals, mushrooms, etc.) I hope this does not apply to the flatworms.
As I understand it, no one else has tried this method besides me...
Emily3144
I tried this method, but it was little consolation.
Aaron580
Can you provide more details? Everything went almost without consequences for the other animals for me...
Randy
You will hear the ringing in your brain, clown. There is a long topic about lanthanum on Logo.
Todd8452
I can only sympathize; everything went smoothly for me. However, I used a 7.5% solution instead of tablets. In any case, after use, it is essential to partially replace the water and add more charcoal.
Alec9378
Specify how long the treatment took place? (Before the start of water substitution and coal filling)
Melanie
In the evening, I was pouring, and in the morning, I was making substitutions and pouring coal.
Monique1236
I think the weak planarians will also recover and reproduce. Can we now apply Anatoly's method for removing the remaining creatures? Is there really no one eating this garbage???
James3382
Since Levamisole is available over the counter and costs 2.30, and I only need less than a quarter of a tablet at a time, I will show them Stalingrad.
Reginald5073
I started looking for the drug leminazole, but there is no such thing; there is levamisole. Here is the link to Wikipedia:
We have a company here - ireef, they have all available chemicals "for everything" in stock. I think it's worth calling. They are very friendly guys.
Eric5208
Guys, I would still recommend being extremely cautious with it, levamisole. In August, my cat died from an overdose of this drug... There may already be, or in the foreseeable future, some effective foreign remedy that can put an end to this difficult issue. Without any harm to the animals.
Robert800
On my box, it says "Levamisole-Zdorovye" 1 tablet 150 mg. I crushed the tablet into powder and dissolved it in osmosis water, then poured the required dose into the aquarium at a rate of 0.0015 g per 1 liter of water. After 5 hours, I replaced more than half of the water.
The imported equivalent - Dekaris, costs about three times more.
I made a small mistake in the spelling above, I have already corrected it.
The thing is, for a large aquarium, probably 100 - 200 liters of water replacement is problematic, but 10 liters is not an issue.
Here is some info about the imported drug - Tremazol.
Tammy2040
That's the point. I have 850 liters. Try to substitute... More than half...
Karen2578
Before and After Levamisole.
James4757
Recently, I will figure everything out, and I will try it myself if I don't ruin the rhyme, and even if I do ruin something, I will write everything down, I won't hide it. To be honest, I'm taking a risk, but I will take it. I AM ANGRY AT HER. ...
Tonya
Advice - take a ready-made solution from the veterinary pharmacy. I took a syringe and measured out how much I needed.
Devon107
And these creatures settled in with me, and they only clung to one coral - Duncan (similar to Euphyllia, but with much smaller polyps), irritating it, and it wasn't fully opening... I took a syringe, drew up some pharmacy iodine, and sprayed it directly on the tentacles... I repeated the procedure every other day... Duncan stressed for about half an hour... and voila, those creatures have been gone for a week now, only a little left... I have 500 liters... maybe it's not necessary to do this in a smaller volume...
James5032
Why not just take out the Duncan and give it a 15-minute bath with Lugol's solution or a couple of drops of iodine in one or two liters of water? The planarians will die, and it won't be a hassle for the Duncan.
Carrie1606
First of all, getting it is quite a problem, secondly, those creatures happily escape into the water during such manipulations, and thirdly, it worked and everyone is alive... I just described my experience, maybe someone will need it... it takes about 5 seconds...
Helen
The more methods, the better.
Rachel
Observation:
I sold the yellow tamarin. It grew up and could compete with the mandarin.
Literally on the 2nd or 3rd day, I noticed planarians on the disco-somas that are next to the rodactis. While the wrasse was there, I didn't see a single one. And the mandarin pays them no attention. Not hungry, that dog.
So, not all wrasses are the same.
Brianna
Yarik, I think the tamarin was sold due to bad behavior? If so, then start looking for a "pajama." Alexey is handling his responsibilities diligently and gets along well with all the animals...
Joseph591
By the way, how is your Duncan feeling today after the injection, alive and well?
Brandon9634
No. The main question is a large and potential competitor to the tangerine. It turns out that the tangerine is currently unnecessary in the lineup.
Debra6575
Offtopic Tch... Yarik, you can always eat a tangerine if it's in the way.
Linda
There were 3 polyps, now there are 5 small ones around each, I don't even know if it can be divided somehow... since the small ones prevent the large one from fully opening, but the planarians are again sitting on some of them... 2 each, I will treat them with iodine again... by the way, I saw how a wrasse was scraping one off the glass... so maybe it regulates the population of these creatures... and for some reason, the Duncan doesn't want to go in...
I just took a photo with a flashlight, it's night in the sea:
2 creatures are sitting in one polyp... ooooh, tomorrow I will pour them with brine.
10 minutes after treatment:
The Duncan closed up for 2-3 minutes. The planarians are gone...
Brenda
No, rather they are just epibionts that harm the animal by accumulating in large quantities on its surface, hindering normal photosynthesis and respiration, taking away all the beneficial elements and restricting it. The idea that they might consume something is questionable; these creatures are quite satisfied with light, as they also have zooxanthellae. Where they were sitting, the light flow was diminished by them, which is why there appeared to be stripes, as if they had consumed microalgae.
Marie5348
Kostya, it's better to soak the new coral in Lugol's solution before planting. This way, planarians and many other pests won't come. As I wrote and later read on foreign websites, 99.9% of planarians are not carnivorous.
Karen81
Yes, I bathed Lobophytum, and I rushed to Euphyllia.
Dawn6148
There was a spot of brown jelly on the caulastrea, not a planarian - overdid it with the bathing - barely pulled out the coral. The month danced - the tissues cracked, shriveled... in short, it was not good for him. Be careful with Lugol's solution.
Stuart
By the way, levamisole mainly affects common planarians, while it has little effect on acroporic and euphilic ones. Today, I was removing them from the acropora using iodine.
Monique1236
Of course, be careful! With dosing in mind.
Lee
Sanyok, thank you very much for the detailed information on the destruction of planarians, supported by almost scientific arguments. Finally, a sailor has managed to clearly and thoroughly explain the entire process of treating the aquarium. That is worth a lot. Thank you once again.
Caitlin3279
Unfortunately, not all of them. I discovered a monster-like planarian on the Euphilia again (although it might be someone else ???) measuring 10-15 mm in length and 4-6 cm in width. Not only are they sitting and crawling on the stem of the Euphilia, but they are also feeding on it! You can see a green piece of the tip of the Euphilia's tentacle shining through the planarian.
I poured a horse dose of Levamisole (1/4 of a tablet per 20 liters) overnight, and NOTHING. They are as lively as ever.
Well, most likely I will try to remove the pests with a brush in a separate container, but there are two questions - should I add iodine to the water and rinse with iodized water? What else can I try to exterminate these parasites?
Katherine
ED will help, you need to make several containers with a food solution, soak in one and then in the other.
Deborah2682
Be careful with iodine and Lugol's solution. The margin for LPS is very thin. If it's possible to remove the coral and handle it by hand, that's the most effective method.
Brenda
They live inside a calcium skeleton. There was a small hole in it from somewhere, they "crawl in and out" of it. Apparently, they also reproduce there.
Ronald
From my side... I have Platyglossus melanurus that "travels" from the tank to the aquarium with the aim of eradicating planaria. It is doing quite well against it (the planaria).
Patricia1746
Platyglossus melanurus
Aquarium: 109.99 gal (~ 500L)
So, yes, a good method. Does it eat everything? Both euphyllids and discoactinics?
Maybe we should show it a frying pan first?
Jessica8898
Does this wrasse in the sand like to dig around and stir up the silt? I once took a liking to it, but I was afraid it grows big and can stir up the silt.
Stephen5841
How does this type of goby relate to the mindless?
Catherine
There are also a lot of "nonsense" written on the fence. With a maximum of 12cm - at least 500l, very luxurious apartments.
Only at night or in moments of fear. Otherwise, it doesn't engage in any digging.
I've had it for more than 3 months. During this time, it has managed to coexist with almost all types of pets. I've never seen it "behave badly." It is absolutely indifferent.
Rachael
Where is this information from? Everything I've come across is 12 cm.
Jesse
So the question of acquiring this particular type of goby is question N-1. The sooner, the better. I'm so tired of fighting with it, and I don't want to risk using the medications again...
Leonard
I recently acquired a Sinularia molis, which was covered in planarians. When I got home, I turned on the tap and rinsed the stone with the coral under the water stream. There wasn't a trace of planarians left. The Sinularia has been in the aquarium for 2 weeks now, as if nothing happened. It is blooming and smelling good.
Angel628
I, in a fit of madness (there were no medications at hand, and I had to bend down for the osmolyte), also rinsed the zoanthids and ricordeas in tap water (clearly with some chlorine) under the stream - they live and grow.
Before that, in the large tank, there were several "Scooter Blennies" - Synchiropus ocellatus (mandarin fish) and there were no brown (red) planarians.
In my opinion, natural methods are better than any flatworm exit, but they are more complicated.