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DO YOU HAVE PLANARIA? I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! 1 year, 5 months ago #112641

minnows! caught about 50 last night and put them in the 10 gallon tank to feed my oscar as i wish. the 10 gallon had a problem with planaria. well within 24 hours all the planaria were gone and the only answer is that the minnows ate them! just thought i would let you know
Current Tank Setup:
30 Gallon (will be upgrading very soon!):
-One Oscar (Watchmacallit) 7-8inches
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Re: DO YOU HAVE PLANARIA? I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! 1 year, 5 months ago #112665

  • aus-car
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I have a better idea, don't overfeed your fish and maintain water quality in your tank then you wouldn't get planaria in the first place

Sorry I don't mean to sound like a smarta** but if you are getting those in your tank there are organic waste issues you need to address.
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Re: DO YOU HAVE PLANARIA? I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! 1 year, 5 months ago #112682

ohsnapitscharity wrote:
minnows! caught about 50 last night and put them in the 10 gallon tank to feed my oscar as i wish. the 10 gallon had a problem with planaria. well within 24 hours all the planaria were gone and the only answer is that the minnows ate them! just thought i would let you know


LOL well I suppose that's one solution...what did you have in the 10 gallon before the minnows?
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Re: DO YOU HAVE PLANARIA? I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! 1 year, 5 months ago #112711

  • PAUL
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actually, the blue panchant or what we called "kataba" is used to control mosquito
larvae in our tributaries...however, how will they do their job if you have big
oscar in a tank with planaria????? when i had an angel fish, i used to stir
the substrate just to disturb those planaria... and since oscar can not take
a 5 inches body wide angel fish, he did a good job picking all those little
creature circling / trickling around...
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Re: DO YOU HAVE PLANARIA? I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! 1 year, 5 months ago #112832

The best to remove and/or stop them developing in the first place is good tank maintainence and not over feeding. Only feed your fish what they will eat in 2 mins (twice a day for oscar less than 6inches, once a day if over 6 inches)
I can't get no sleep
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Re: DO YOU HAVE PLANARIA? I HAVE THE SOLUTION!!! 1 year, 5 months ago #112920

its not in my oscar tank and hopefully wont be. in the tank before was just some other minnows that i probably did end up overfeeding. took those minnows out and waited a few weeks before adding more to see if the planaria would go away. it didnt. since planaria doesnt hurt fish i just decided to add more minnows. they cured that problem quick!
Current Tank Setup:
30 Gallon (will be upgrading very soon!):
-One Oscar (Watchmacallit) 7-8inches
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