PineSong Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 As mentioned in my other thread, I have planaria in at least one of my tanks, discovered this AM. The tank has male guppies, one pair of swordtails and their fry, and green neon tetras, and is understocked. I'm wondering if I could pop my male mollies in there and let them eat the planaria? Has anyone had any luck with just letting fish eat the flat little rascals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 I _think_ Mollies eat planar _eggs_. That will keep population down. I am not certain about the live Planaria though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/7/2022 at 4:57 PM, PineSong said: As mentioned in my other thread, I have planaria in at least one of my tanks, discovered this AM. The tank has male guppies, one pair of swordtails and their fry, and green neon tetras, and is understocked. I'm wondering if I could pop my male mollies in there and let them eat the planaria? Has anyone had any luck with just letting fish eat the flat little rascals? I don't have any surviving planaria (that I have been able to find) anywhere I have matriarch endlers. Typically have one matriarch per tank/ then 6 "aunties" who appear to have the job of disciplining the masses. I haven't found the males to be particularly effective hunters as they spend the majority of their days practicing jazz hands and gonopodium dancing. It's been too long since I kept mollies, I don't remember how efffective they were at hunting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) @Torrey, jazz hands! Gonopodium dancing! Perfect description! Edited June 8, 2022 by PineSong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) On 6/8/2022 at 3:27 AM, Torrey said: practicing jazz hands and gonopodium dancing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @PineSong(fixed tag 🤣) my boy guppies are ridiculously poor hunters. In the boy tank even when I put in live baby brine shrimp they skim around the surface with their mouth open for a moment before thy realize they must catch their own food that day. I just tried micro worm and they never found them. The boys endlessly surfaced skimmed until I gave in and fed some flake. They also do not pick at veggies or wafers unless it’s the only thing I feed that day. as @Torrey said mine are to busy showing off and trying to be boss. Jazz hands oh my 🤣 Edited June 8, 2022 by Guppysnail Fix tag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 @Guppysnail could you try feeding them kind of like this with the worms? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 @Chick-In-Of-TheSea that’s a great idea but these are not babies and don’t need them. It was supposed to be a treat🙄. My snails and shrimp enjoyed the missed opportunity 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 3 cheers for the cleanup crew! 🎉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 5:57 AM, Guppysnail said: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 @xXInkedPhoenixX my boy guppies are ridiculously poor hunters Was this really for me? 😄🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 12:48 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: Was this really for me? 😄🙃 Sure was. Just letting you know your boy guppies may not help your planaria issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Good @Guppysnail, cause I don't have a planaria problem 😆 @PineSong mentioned they did though!🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 12:54 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: Good @Guppysnail, cause I don't have a planaria problem 😆 @PineSong mentioned they did though!🤣 🤪 oh geez then no it was not for you 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🙄 duh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 @Guppysnail nothin but love here my friend 😅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 12:57 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: @Guppysnail nothin but love here my friend 😅 🤗 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted June 9, 2022 Author Share Posted June 9, 2022 I'm with @Torreyand suspect that of my three mollies the big female would be the one to get the job done. But due to male guppies being in the tank, I would not subject her or a female guppy/endler to the haassment those guys would dish out. The whole reason I have that tank is because those guppies were abusing my MALE mollies in the kitchen tank. There are not that many guppies/endlers in there, so if decreasing the food and a planaria trap does not work I will just do the work of swapping the boy guppies for some female guppies and my big molly girl, and see if that takes care of it. As they say, if you want something done, ask a busy woman to do it.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torrey Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 On 6/8/2022 at 3:58 AM, PineSong said: @Torrey, jazz hands! Gonopodium dancing! Perfect description! My upstairs neighbor discovered I had a patio pond and came down to visit/watch fish over the fencing. We were discussing male endler antics, and realized they are a lot like male anatomy 2 year olds who have just discovered the ability to have fully autonomous motion, and feel the need to share with the entire world. Endlers are very, very entertaining, and seem best behaved in very large groups. The boys don't seem to care as much as the ladies on whether the tank is mixed genders, lol They will literally dance for *anyone* and have phenomenal muscle isolation skills.😲😉🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now