Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board - For those battling planaria...

Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/index.php)

- Reef (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=8)

- - For those battling planaria... (http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=45268)

with their short lifespans and the flatworm problems many aquarists have, I don't believe starvation will be the root cause of death for those that are bought. Acclimatization to captivity will usually be what kills them.

Which is good I guess that they only show up once every couple years. :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinl (Post 347981)

Yeah true nudis have relatively short lifespans (dunno abut velvets in particular) but lets not pretend starvation isn't near inevitable. I dont mean to argue, just stating my opinion.

What kind of planarians do you have? My banana wrasse did wonders for eradicating the greenish brown ones with the medial red dot (the photosynthetic ones whose name escapes me).

They are just the reddish brown ones, pretty common in aquariums. I think they are also photosynthetic. I did not want to add a wrasse (first of all cus wild caught fish with tank raised seahorses is usually not such a great idea), also because the wrasse would most likely also eat my seahorse fry. :(

Trading to a friend is good - you'll probably want to bring him back a week or two after you think you're clean just to make sure... I know with my FWE treatments, I generally need to dose again a few weeks after the first treatment ot avoid the plague returning...