Aquariums: Went away and my mum refilled autofeeder.. with half a tea spoon of feed PER DAY. Now infested with lots of these worm things
Fish and shrimp seem fine… what to do?!?
Posted by Both-Prompt-6838
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Cornhollio-tp on
I could be wrong as I am in no means an expert actually less into the hobby then you are but I’m pretty sure the triangle heads are bad news..
aaronpike1 on
Planaria 🙁 theres ways to rid them of your tank but it can kill snails and shrimp too. look up “no planaria”
DylanMcDermott on
The triangle head indicates they are planaria. You’ll also notice that they “glide” on the glass, rather than wriggle on it.
They are predatory and will hunt your shrimp, so you do need to address them. They aren’t particularly effective hunters, so it’s not an emergency and you shouldn’t panic.
Assuming you don’t have beloved snails, I suggest a product called “Genchem No Planaria” by Sobaken. It is shrimp safe, just follow the instructions (and be careful about generic knockoffs on Amazon, there is at least one of questionable quality). Alternatively, any flatworm treatment will take care of them — I believe the worm medication used for dogs “Fenbenzadole” is frequently used. Remove as many as you can before using any chemical extermination, so you have fewer worm corpses polluting your water.
Available-Middle9690 on
Bring in some swordtails or guppies and let them have a feast
StressPsychological7 on
Its probably not your mom’s fault those are planaria worms which are a pest
Strict-Seesaw-8954 on
Those were already there. They just got a nice big feed.
A large water change and gravel vac will be of benefit as well as revising maintenance schedule and feeding amount moving forward.
There are products to “nuke” the tank but require several treatments.
You can also keep a pipette and container of high salinity water by the tank. Suck them out as you see them and dispatch in salt water. Do not put down drain or into toilet.
Also, is there a reason for the auto feeder?
itscalledmyballs on
I didn’t find planaria bothered my tank, didn’t seem to kill anyone, mostly hid in their moss ball until feeding time.
That being said, I believe my celestial pearl danios ate em all up cause I never see them anymore.
Heron-Commercial on
The overfeeding just made there be too many for them to hide as well. They were almost certainly already there. Rookie mistake just test ammonia and clean out all the excess food and educate her. The other advice to solve the planaria problem is solid good luck
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I could be wrong as I am in no means an expert actually less into the hobby then you are but I’m pretty sure the triangle heads are bad news..
Planaria 🙁 theres ways to rid them of your tank but it can kill snails and shrimp too. look up “no planaria”
The triangle head indicates they are planaria. You’ll also notice that they “glide” on the glass, rather than wriggle on it.
They are predatory and will hunt your shrimp, so you do need to address them. They aren’t particularly effective hunters, so it’s not an emergency and you shouldn’t panic.
Assuming you don’t have beloved snails, I suggest a product called “Genchem No Planaria” by Sobaken. It is shrimp safe, just follow the instructions (and be careful about generic knockoffs on Amazon, there is at least one of questionable quality). Alternatively, any flatworm treatment will take care of them — I believe the worm medication used for dogs “Fenbenzadole” is frequently used. Remove as many as you can before using any chemical extermination, so you have fewer worm corpses polluting your water.
Bring in some swordtails or guppies and let them have a feast
Its probably not your mom’s fault those are planaria worms which are a pest
Those were already there. They just got a nice big feed.
A large water change and gravel vac will be of benefit as well as revising maintenance schedule and feeding amount moving forward.
There are products to “nuke” the tank but require several treatments.
You can also keep a pipette and container of high salinity water by the tank. Suck them out as you see them and dispatch in salt water. Do not put down drain or into toilet.
Also, is there a reason for the auto feeder?
I didn’t find planaria bothered my tank, didn’t seem to kill anyone, mostly hid in their moss ball until feeding time.
That being said, I believe my celestial pearl danios ate em all up cause I never see them anymore.
The overfeeding just made there be too many for them to hide as well. They were almost certainly already there. Rookie mistake just test ammonia and clean out all the excess food and educate her. The other advice to solve the planaria problem is solid good luck