Axelrodi202 Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 What is the best way to draw out planaria? I have a few in my tank. Not enough to see them crawling all over the tank at night, but enough that I've had a few shrimp attacks and deaths so far. I will be treating the tank with drugs but want to make sure there are no survivors by the end of the treatment, to help me decide if further treatment is needed. Thus I want a good way to draw out any potential survivors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Life Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 if you are dosing the product called no planaria ( I always underdose btw) then you should have noone left. Don't leave any extra food in there after feeding time, use a feeding dish, don't overfeed. This should help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrodi202 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Theoretically there should be none left, but I want a way to be 100% sure. The tank is a 120 so I fear there's a higher chance there could be some survivors. I only feed once a week so overfeeding is not the issue; their presence in the tank is. I'm starting to hear about usage of multiple treatments to ensure that the ones that are eggs during the first treatment are also killed. Does anyone have experience with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimp Life Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Even though your tank is large you can dose accordingly. You said you want to draw them out, you can't draw ALL of them out and the only sure fire way to deal with this is to simply dose your tank and closely monitor your tank. If you see one, there is more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axelrodi202 Posted April 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Very true! Unfortunately even close monitoring can be tough. The only reason I know I have them is because I saw the aftermath of an attack recently. Staring at the tank (during lights out) for quite a while after the fact failed to yield any sightings. So if there are survivors and I can draw out even one that will be good enough for my purposes to know treatment needs to be continued. If anyone has further info on the egg issue it would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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