Has anyone had to deal with planaria!?

[stierwalt3]

So i was just looking at my Brichardi tank and saw what I thought was a turd floating by! Then all the sudden the sucker started swimming....It just freaked me out!!! :affraid:
So I did some research and come to find out it's a type of flat worm called planaria! They say it's not harmful to fish and it's from over feeding. Has anyone had to deal with this before!? :shock:

 

[hbluehunter]

Yep.. I was all freaked out when i saw them in my tank.. I just cut back on feedings a little and did some good gravel vac'ing, and water changes.. I just have to remember to take out any extra food that didn't get eaten, I still see them every once in a while..

 

[Salzabar]

once you see one then you'll keep seeing them no matter how clean you keep the tank. Its very common and not a big deal. You will see your fish eat them which is kinda gross since they came from the fish stool but not to worry, not harmful.

 

[Addictedtofish]

Yep I was the same way you were when I first seen these in my tanks. I just cut back on feeding and dont seem to see them in the water, im sure there still in the substrate, but at least there eating what you cant see.

 

[endangered cichlids]

lol , there like snails , lol ,, there actually nitrate killers too ,

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

My boyfriend had the same problem. Seems pretty common really. He used coppersafe in the water for the recommended time then afterwards did thorough gravel/sand cleaning and water changes. Haven't seen them for quite a while and he just recently did a gravel stir up to get the sinking poo from the bottom of the gravel and there weren't any then either. So apparently if you WANT to coppersafe works pretty well.

 

[flo77]

A lot of fun to deal with plannaria in a shrimp only tank. I used No-planaria by Genchem Biotechnology( I was lucky to buy it on ebay).

 

[stierwalt3]

Ok good to see I'm not alone here! !:

 

[lars on]

I had a huge build up of them I think a while ago. I took the fish out, sucked the whole tank clean and filled it with FREEZING water, and the next day when I filled it up with warm water they were all gone