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jcali10 · Post by **jcali10** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:59 pm

Has anyone ever used Fenbendazole to eliminate worms, planaria or hydras in a shrimp only tank? I have what I believe is planaria in my shrimp tank. They are white and about a quarter in long, and thinner than a strand of hair, and they swim around.

I believe in aquariums stocked with fish they are not a problem because the fish would eat them. They do not seem to be causing any harm. I have little tiny shrimplets now, you can barely see them, and they seem to swim faster than the worms.

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:44 am

Planaria are really nothing to worry about. With hydra, raise the nitrate levels and they disappear. Science experiment, slice a planaria's head into two, laterally just the head, carefully so you don't remove the head sections from the body. It will heal and the planaria will have two heads.

jcali10 · Post by **jcali10** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:08 am

Interesting, but it would be difficult to split something so tiny. I don't have a microscope. I think I starved out the hydras a couple of weeks ago. I just did a 50% water change and didn't feed my shrimp for 2 days, and they dissapeared.

rich_one · Post by **rich_one** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:31 pm

SCMurphy wrote:Planaria are really nothing to worry about. With hydra, raise the nitrate levels and they disappear. Science experiment, slice a planaria's head into two, laterally just the head, carefully so you don't remove the head sections from the body. It will heal and the planaria will have two heads.

Well, at least I'm not hungry now... LOL...

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