jessipanda
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hey everyone!
I have a barebottom 10g I've been using to breed mini ramshorns in for a couple months. Since I keep it cycled and cleaned for the snails, I also use it as a QT for new fish. Worst case scenario, I lose all the snails from some disease/med due to sick fish from my LFS. Hasn't happened--yet, luckily! But since I haven't had any fish in it for awhile now, it seems planaria have taken over. I only feed this tank a 1/4 piece of an algae wafer or a small piece of blanched spinach right the night before a water change. Whatever is left in the morning gets removed with thw siphon.
However, the planaria have exploded and seem to be feeding on the tiny snail eggs. Does anyone know of a way to kill off these worms without harming the snails? Would my best option just be just to put some fish in there temporarily to eat them?
80°F, pH 7.6, amm 0, nitrite 0, nitrate about 5.
Thanks! ☺
I have a barebottom 10g I've been using to breed mini ramshorns in for a couple months. Since I keep it cycled and cleaned for the snails, I also use it as a QT for new fish. Worst case scenario, I lose all the snails from some disease/med due to sick fish from my LFS. Hasn't happened--yet, luckily! But since I haven't had any fish in it for awhile now, it seems planaria have taken over. I only feed this tank a 1/4 piece of an algae wafer or a small piece of blanched spinach right the night before a water change. Whatever is left in the morning gets removed with thw siphon.
However, the planaria have exploded and seem to be feeding on the tiny snail eggs. Does anyone know of a way to kill off these worms without harming the snails? Would my best option just be just to put some fish in there temporarily to eat them?
80°F, pH 7.6, amm 0, nitrite 0, nitrate about 5.
Thanks! ☺