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Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:06 pm
by mark421
Last night I transferred my fahaka into my well cycled 6x2x2 tank. I have noticed some small white worms in the water. From a google search I think it's Planaria caused by uneaten food. Before I put him in I did a 60% water change and hoovered the gravel. Is this harmfull to him?

Thanks Mark

Re: Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:34 pm
by bertie 83
Not harmful directly, I would vac daily for the next few days to get rid of any remaining crud, and keep up the waterchanges. I had a similar experience recently on an overfed tank.

Re: Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:59 pm
by Pufferpunk
How did you cycle the tank, with food?

Re: Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:05 am
by mark421
Yh I will keep up the water changes and hoovering. The tank had been stocked for months with predatory fish and plecs.

Cheers

Re: Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:19 am
by bertie 83
Did you remove the other fish?

Re: Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:50 pm
by mark421
Yes! All done!

Re: Planaria in fahaka tank

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:07 am
by RTR
Planaria and nematodes are normal tank inhabitants, but visible in the water column or on the glass or substrate indictes a high organic load in the water. Do serial, partials with substrate vacuuming equal to several 50 partials.

HTH