"John Allen" wrote in message
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What is the best way of ridding a tank of planaria. The tank is
currentl housing an amazon sword plant covered in angelfish eggs and I
cant tear it down until they hatch, if the planaria dont get them
first.

Thanks


The bad news is that eggs and the fry will fall to the bottom anyways,
but the good news is that I don't think that the planaria would bother
the fry (not like hydra, but if anyone knows different please post).
There are indirect reasons why a tank with planaria might not be a very
suitable tank for fry (associated organic laden water is a recipe for
fungal infections), but no direct reasons that I was ever aware of.

You could snip the leaves and move them and some water into another
container. Add an airstone & some meth.blue.

Alternately you might gravel vac much of the gravel out of the tank (I
wouldn't).

Getting rid of planaria using natural methods takes more time than I
think you're interested in taking, and using less natural methods (salt,
temperature, treatments etc) would be harmful (I think) to the eggs, and
certainly stressful to the fry.
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