Hf2014 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 I just recently purchased some coral moss and unfortunately it came with Planaria. Is there a way I can treat just the plant for this without killing it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Absolutely Reverse Respiration Moss loves this. I often do it to my moss when it needs perked up. Use a fresh opened bottle of seltzer. Shake water off moss and place in a container and pour the seltzer over it. Allow it to sit in the dark uncovered for 5 hours. It will then be pest free ready to place in your tank. No need to even rinse. The seltzer breaks to water as the carbon dioxide gasses off. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoryWithAKatana Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Can I ask why Planaria is bad? I think they are so cute and very cool creatures (if you cut them in half it will create two new planaria from the cut pieces) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwcarlson Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 I had some sterbai eat seemingly millions of planaria when I put them into a tank that had a lot of planaria within it. Like almost overnight. I've never been worried about them and bringing one in isn't going to upset the apple cart. There's probably hundreds of planaria in your tank and you just never see them because they exist within the little ecosystem. Fish will eat them when they find them. The only tanks I've noticed get way too many in them are tanks I'm heavily feeding BBS. Then they're nice bright orange planaria. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/23/2024 at 10:50 AM, CoryWithAKatana said: Can I ask why Planaria is bad? I think they are so cute and very cool creatures (if you cut them in half it will create two new planaria from the cut pieces) They really are not bad. If you are breeding they eat eggs and wigglers, they do infest and kill pet snails, attack shrimp. If you are doing none of these things they do not hurt anything So it depends on what you are doing with your tanks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hf2014 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 I have a shrimp tank it’s going in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/23/2024 at 11:28 AM, Hf2014 said: I have a shrimp tank it’s going in. Did you remove the one planaria in the pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/23/2024 at 10:50 AM, CoryWithAKatana said: Can I ask why Planaria is bad? I think they are so cute and very cool creatures (if you cut them in half it will create two new planaria from the cut pieces) Most of the time they are free food for your smaller fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hf2014 Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 On 5/23/2024 at 2:56 PM, Tlindsey said: Did you remove the one planaria in the pic. Yes I did .Multiple have actually come out since the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlindsey Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 On 5/23/2024 at 7:11 PM, Hf2014 said: Yes I did .Multiple have actually come out since the picture. Was concerned about your shrimp that's why I asked did you remove what I thought was one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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