Fluval bug bites gives your tanks planaria. A short time after I purchased three different varieties and feeding them to certain tanks those tanks had outbreaks of planaria. I’m here now relaying a test I done with six twelve litre tanks with four receiving three products of fluval bug bites. Their tropical formula medium/large grain tropical formula small grain and bottom feeder formula. Those four tanks that had fluval products after three months had planaria. The other two were fed with what I was using before and nothing other than seed shrimp visible. Now I could’ve made a first time purchase of something and one if not all three items were a bad batch but I won’t be using those products again or testing to see which one. My experience and advice on fluval bug bites is don’t use it unless you’re ok with planaria. Having to get rid of them got rid of much of the other beneficial micro life which I could luckily reintroduce from other tanks through water and items sat in a healthy matured tank being moved to the the nuked tank. For eradication I used another method I use for complete annihilation in quarantine tanks and that was panacur c dog dewormer in powder form. Before that it was copper which would’nt have been able to go in anything with shrimp and fish. Panacur c can also avoid harming snails at low doses too. Partly why I use it over other products I’ve never tried for reasons such as what I’m saying right now.
Fortunately I never had this problem with bug bites. Mine were directly linked to a plant supplier. Luckily I caught it before it caused issues. In my fish only tanks that I feed TONS of big bites I never found planaria.
Interesting! I have been using bug bites in my tanks for 5+ years and only recently got planaria. So either it's not the bug bites, or it's specific batches I guess
Thank you for this video! It's my first time dealing with planaria. I didn't know the spoon was included so I was really worried what measuring unit "a measuring spoon" could have ment 😂. Your video helped me a lot. Thank you so much ❤
looks you have dose one flat spoon of powder each 50 litter of water, but spoonfull means on the packafe means a little hill on the top of the level spoon. refer to your vedio, i have dose 3.5 flat spoon to my 45 gallon shrimp tank, 3 days later, some planaria still remains alive on the glass, don't knopw what to do now, hasitate to add more powder cuz many shrimps in there...
I'm a beginner new TH-camr. You're correct. No planaria does work in a Caridina Bee shrimp tank. I have a 55 breeding hundreds. I speak about their slime and binary fission. I've subscribed. Let's collaborate. Peace my brother 🤙
Hey guys I have a question. There are so no planaria dust particles still attached to my plants. Will this hurt my shrimp if the pick it up and eat it?
I'm surprised by the spoon. I used a half table spoon and it clouded up my small 30 liter tanks I prepare for shrimp breeding. Did you get this spoon with the package?
Planaria are also bad for snails, crabs, crayfish, shrimp, and can even attack wounded or sick fish. They also just look disgusting, and if you have a lot it's a sign of overfeeding.
It will kill the bacteria in the pump which can crash your tank and kill everything instead of just the planaria. I don’t recommend doing a gravel vac with lots of babies or you gonna lose lots of babies in the vac
I would do half dose. That should solve it. Make sure you change the water after completing treatment. Also make sure you keep an eye on the tank and remove any of the molts you see as well for 2-4 weeks just to ensure that no baby scutariella eggs get spread. Check for molts a few times a day to ensure you’re getting rid of all their eggs.
I never saw anything in any of my aquariums until I watched a video about these worms and now I saw something on my one aquarium. They're not linear... They just look like little tiny white specks that are moving. Is that planaria that just hasn't grown yet or is it something else if it's not linear? I got an aquarium sponge on a handle and just wiped the glass. I'm sure it didn't get rid of them. If these are not planaria do you know what they are and how to get rid of them?
When were you able to add snails back to the tank? I’ve got nerites and I’m reading personal account wherein people added them back months later and they still died :/
I never did add them back in that exact setup. I removed the shrimp. Quarantined them in a separate tank. Same with the snails. Quarantined the plants with planaria traps to catch any leftovers. Put most the plants in my platy tank so they’d just eat all the planaria. Removed losses as needed that were already infested with planaria. Cleaned entire tank. Replaced filters and everything else in there and re introduced all the survivors .
@@AquatikGuru Thank you for explaining your process!! According to the no-planaria packet, it is shrimp and plant safe, did you quarantine them just to be on the safe side or to avoid them experiencing an ammonia spike after the planaria died off?
@Midnightwolf1333 yea it was just to be safe cuz I had so many didn’t wanna total population crash cuz even tho they say it’s plant safe they wouldn’t have paid for all the shrimp losses
After removing any snails you want to keep (Mystery snail in my case), dosing, waiting, vacuuming, changing some water - at what point do you think it's safe to bring the snail back to the tank?
It’s def toxic to snails, it killed a bunch of ramshorn snails in my tank, but it didn’t kill nearly all of them. They stopped dying within a few days of the treatment. I only did a partial water change in the interim due to evaporative loss. The planaria however, were eradicated. The only disasters I’ve come across using no-planaria are people who overdose. I used mechanical traps in the past, and while you catch plenty, you’re fighting a losing battle. Planarians reproduce in every way imaginable and they infest every part of your tank even throughout the substrate. The only way I’ve found to truly eliminate them safely is this stuff. If you accidentally OD, put your carbon filter back in and make sure you use the spoon in the bag for dosing.
I think it depends on if you have wood and your filter size and media type. The stuff lingers and must soak into those items. I nuked a 55 with standard dosing and even after 4 full water changes over 2 months it kept murdering the good snails I added. For me I think it was the driftwood and some porous media. I'm about to do it again but will be keeping the filter off during the process.
According to the package, yes. I have heard of people losing shrimp, but typically that’s due to the planaria itself, not the treatment of the planaria
If you followed step by step it takes time for them to die off. My first treatment I saw planaria for around a week then they were all gone. I never lost any shrimp tho
@@AquatikGuru Not sure why the shrimp were dying, but we lost 5 in the last 2 days. Plenty others doing fine and molting well, the worms seemed to get more active after I started the treatment so maybe they latched on to a few of the shrimp? I also wondered if I didn’t stir the powder well enough and the shrimps got a hold of a small chunk.. not sure
That’s definitely possible that they started attacking shrimp. It is also possible that they ate some. But the package states it will not harm shrimp so have to assume they’re correct on their study of their product. But who knows like you said. Crazy things happen when we try and keep nature caged up
If I have mystery snails what’s should i do put them in a quarantine tank? I also have a pleco and hillstream and some shrimp in the tank should I remove them as well
@@AquatikGuru how was the results from your test did it kill off a bunch ? And how long really should I wait before reading the fish in snail. Again thanks aline for the response love the vids
I haven’t seen one planaria since. I plan on monitoring for another week. Doing a large water change/gravel vac. Then doing one more run just for good luck
No I just quit making videos and left the hobby due to family losses during the covid days. But there is an update inside another video. It truly does work. Took 3 tries tho to completely eradicate them. But thank you for the comment and the judgment 👍
Fluval bug bites gives your tanks planaria. A short time after I purchased three different varieties and feeding them to certain tanks those tanks had outbreaks of planaria.
I’m here now relaying a test I done with six twelve litre tanks with four receiving three products of fluval bug bites. Their tropical formula medium/large grain tropical formula small grain and bottom feeder formula. Those four tanks that had fluval products after three months had planaria. The other two were fed with what I was using before and nothing other than seed shrimp visible.
Now I could’ve made a first time purchase of something and one if not all three items were a bad batch but I won’t be using those products again or testing to see which one. My experience and advice on fluval bug bites is don’t use it unless you’re ok with planaria. Having to get rid of them got rid of much of the other beneficial micro life which I could luckily reintroduce from other tanks through water and items sat in a healthy matured tank being moved to the the nuked tank.
For eradication I used another method I use for complete annihilation in quarantine tanks and that was panacur c dog dewormer in powder form. Before that it was copper which would’nt have been able to go in anything with shrimp and fish. Panacur c can also avoid harming snails at low doses too. Partly why I use it over other products I’ve never tried for reasons such as what I’m saying right now.
Fortunately I never had this problem with bug bites. Mine were directly linked to a plant supplier. Luckily I caught it before it caused issues. In my fish only tanks that I feed TONS of big bites I never found planaria.
Interesting! I have been using bug bites in my tanks for 5+ years and only recently got planaria. So either it's not the bug bites, or it's specific batches I guess
Would this work for hydra as well?
I have heard of some cases yes where it successfully wipes out hydra. But there’s no guarantees as hydra can be a tough lil guy to get rid of.
1 spoonful is equal to 1 gram right
I’m not sure to be exact. I would recommend emailing them
does anyone know what size tank that is? (how many Gallons)
It was a 55 gallon
Thank you for this video! It's my first time dealing with planaria. I didn't know the spoon was included so I was really worried what measuring unit "a measuring spoon" could have ment 😂. Your video helped me a lot. Thank you so much ❤
You’re welcome! Glad I could help!!
How big is the spoon? Mine didn't come with one
I’m not sure I no longer have one to know for sure. I would recommend emailing them
looks you have dose one flat spoon of powder each 50 litter of water, but spoonfull means on the packafe means a little hill on the top of the level spoon. refer to your vedio, i have dose 3.5 flat spoon to my 45 gallon shrimp tank, 3 days later, some planaria still remains alive on the glass, don't knopw what to do now, hasitate to add more powder cuz many shrimps in there...
Wait until you do your water change in a few days. See how it turns out and try again in a week or so
Does this harm the fish?
Allegedly no. I didn’t notice any issues as well as the package saying it’s fish safe
I'm a beginner new TH-camr. You're correct. No planaria does work in a Caridina Bee shrimp tank. I have a 55 breeding hundreds. I speak about their slime and binary fission. I've subscribed. Let's collaborate. Peace my brother 🤙
How man gallon is your tank, it loods big and you online did put one scoop in
This tank is a 55 gallon when full.
Hey guys I have a question. There are so no planaria dust particles still attached to my plants. Will this hurt my shrimp if the pick it up and eat it?
I can’t be for sure, I didn’t have any loses that I could find, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any
I have them but i have really expensive fish and never used can it harm fish
I have pet scuds, would they be ok if that chemical were to be used?
I’ve personally never kept them so I couldn’t honestly give you advice on this topic.
I'm surprised by the spoon. I used a half table spoon and it clouded up my small 30 liter tanks I prepare for shrimp breeding. Did you get this spoon with the package?
Yes it came in the bag
Thank you for making this video. Yes, it was/is helpful as I'm thinking of keeping shrimp in the near future. Thanks again. ✌
You’re welcome!
Planaria are also bad for snails, crabs, crayfish, shrimp, and can even attack wounded or sick fish. They also just look disgusting, and if you have a lot it's a sign of overfeeding.
100% correct
Will it kill detritus worms, cyclops, scuds, daph or any other beneficials?
Personally cannot vouch for that as I never encountered curiosity if any of those survived in my tanks. May be a good question to email to them
Wish i wouldve had TH-cam growing up this wouldn't helped me 20 years ago lol
I wished for a million dollars 20 years ago. I’m still wishing lmao.
Fantastic, seems to be excellent at removing Planaria.
You have a nice looking aquarium, doesn't it fill up to the top?
Yes it fills to the top, I just prefer not to because theirs no fish in it, it’s just for growing plants for future setups
Bud just a quick one, is no planaria safe with newly hatched shrimps?
I cannot promise it unfortunately. I had little to no losses that I could count. But there’s no telling with as many shrimp as I had at the time
I have a 5 gallon tank how would i do this, it’s in a really big increment 😭
You just gotta divide the math down to your specific scenario and dose properly based on measurements
How long before putting your Carbon Filter back on after dosing?
I personally don’t use carbon in my aquariums. I primarily use sponge filtration and water changes to keep the tank clear
Thanks for making this video. My amazon purchase had an unremovable sticker over the instructions. Would have forgotten to remove the carbon packs
You’re welcome! Glad it could assist you!
If your supposed to turn off your pump how do you treat the pump ? Also if you have lots of babies you can't do a gravel vac ?
It will kill the bacteria in the pump which can crash your tank and kill everything instead of just the planaria. I don’t recommend doing a gravel vac with lots of babies or you gonna lose lots of babies in the vac
Would you use the same dosage for treating Scutariella? Thanks! :)
I would do half dose. That should solve it. Make sure you change the water after completing treatment. Also make sure you keep an eye on the tank and remove any of the molts you see as well for 2-4 weeks just to ensure that no baby scutariella eggs get spread. Check for molts a few times a day to ensure you’re getting rid of all their eggs.
I never saw anything in any of my aquariums until I watched a video about these worms and now I saw something on my one aquarium. They're not linear... They just look like little tiny white specks that are moving. Is that planaria that just hasn't grown yet or is it something else if it's not linear? I got an aquarium sponge on a handle and just wiped the glass. I'm sure it didn't get rid of them. If these are not planaria do you know what they are and how to get rid of them?
That’s not planaria. Possibly daphnia, seed shrimp, or little tiny snails. But most likely seed shrimp which is usually a sign of a nice clean tank :)
Thank you... The aquarium only has one betta fish and one nerite snail. How can I get rid of them or should I?
@cindywood2089 the betta will pick them off as it sees them
Nice tanks and good info! Subscribed. 😁
Thank you!
Do I need to remove the sponge from my sponge filter or can I leave it in? Thanks!
You can leave it in
When were you able to add snails back to the tank? I’ve got nerites and I’m reading personal account wherein people added them back months later and they still died :/
I never did add them back in that exact setup. I removed the shrimp. Quarantined them in a separate tank. Same with the snails. Quarantined the plants with planaria traps to catch any leftovers. Put most the plants in my platy tank so they’d just eat all the planaria. Removed losses as needed that were already infested with planaria. Cleaned entire tank. Replaced filters and everything else in there and re introduced all the survivors .
@@AquatikGuru Thank you for explaining your process!! According to the no-planaria packet, it is shrimp and plant safe, did you quarantine them just to be on the safe side or to avoid them experiencing an ammonia spike after the planaria died off?
@Midnightwolf1333 yea it was just to be safe cuz I had so many didn’t wanna total population crash cuz even tho they say it’s plant safe they wouldn’t have paid for all the shrimp losses
Yes THANK YOU for this video. This is my first time ever dealing Planaria. This was a huge help. Thank you again.
You’re very welcome
Is this worth trying for MTS infestation? Will it harm my fish?
My mts survived 3 attempts to wipe out my planaria so I don’t think it works on them
After removing any snails you want to keep (Mystery snail in my case), dosing, waiting, vacuuming, changing some water - at what point do you think it's safe to bring the snail back to the tank?
I personally waited until after 2 large water changes.
It’s def toxic to snails, it killed a bunch of ramshorn snails in my tank, but it didn’t kill nearly all of them. They stopped dying within a few days of the treatment. I only did a partial water change in the interim due to evaporative loss. The planaria however, were eradicated. The only disasters I’ve come across using no-planaria are people who overdose. I used mechanical traps in the past, and while you catch plenty, you’re fighting a losing battle. Planarians reproduce in every way imaginable and they infest every part of your tank even throughout the substrate. The only way I’ve found to truly eliminate them safely is this stuff. If you accidentally OD, put your carbon filter back in and make sure you use the spoon in the bag for dosing.
I think it depends on if you have wood and your filter size and media type. The stuff lingers and must soak into those items. I nuked a 55 with standard dosing and even after 4 full water changes over 2 months it kept murdering the good snails I added. For me I think it was the driftwood and some porous media. I'm about to do it again but will be keeping the filter off during the process.
Hello can I use no planaria with my shrimp still in the tank as I currently only have one tank. Thank You.
According to the package, yes. I have heard of people losing shrimp, but typically that’s due to the planaria itself, not the treatment of the planaria
today 13/08/22 I am on the third day of use and I do not see any worms. no planaria works 100%
Excellent!
So, how did it turn out?
It wiped the planaria population for me
I’m still seeing planaria and a few shrimp deaths after 72 hours… do I dose again?
If you followed step by step it takes time for them to die off. My first treatment I saw planaria for around a week then they were all gone. I never lost any shrimp tho
@@AquatikGuru Not sure why the shrimp were dying, but we lost 5 in the last 2 days. Plenty others doing fine and molting well, the worms seemed to get more active after I started the treatment so maybe they latched on to a few of the shrimp? I also wondered if I didn’t stir the powder well enough and the shrimps got a hold of a small chunk.. not sure
That’s definitely possible that they started attacking shrimp. It is also possible that they ate some. But the package states it will not harm shrimp so have to assume they’re correct on their study of their product. But who knows like you said. Crazy things happen when we try and keep nature caged up
Can I use no planaria while my shrimp and snails are in?
The container says safe for shrimp but NOT for snails
@@AquatikGuru okay thanks
You’re welcome
How do i treat the pump ?
And when do i put the pimp back in the tank ?
If you treat the pump it could crash the cycle
@@AquatikGuru when do I put the pump back in the tank ?
@jenniferbunker2757 I waited the full length on the package then water changed and added the pump
does it kill detritus worms or some other 'pests' ?
It primarily kills planaria. It can kill snails, and I’m sure some micro organisms the eye cannot see
I have a turtle should i remove her before i dose?
Yes I would
@@AquatikGuru thank you ❤️
If I have mystery snails what’s should i do put them in a quarantine tank? I also have a pleco and hillstream and some shrimp in the tank should I remove them as well
The fish and shrimp will be fine. But the snails I would move to quarantine.
Hillstreams can be sensitive tho, so it may not hurt to move them too just to be safe
@@AquatikGuru how was the results from your test did it kill off a bunch ? And how long really should I wait before reading the fish in snail. Again thanks aline for the response love the vids
I haven’t seen one planaria since. I plan on monitoring for another week. Doing a large water change/gravel vac. Then doing one more run just for good luck
As far as when to add snails, just wait til you do a large water change and they should be fine after that
Part 2 have not yet come and it is 1 year this video came out. So yee your shrimps prob died 👎
No I just quit making videos and left the hobby due to family losses during the covid days. But there is an update inside another video. It truly does work. Took 3 tries tho to completely eradicate them. But thank you for the comment and the judgment 👍