Posted by gakridge on February 10, 2003 at 14:33:09:
In Reply to: Re: Flatworm infestation, any advice?? posted by Buddy on February 08, 2003 at 16:04:50:
::I have an orange flatworm infestation going on im my tank for a couple of months now. Any advice on what would do a good job eatting these nasty things?
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: Those things have a bad taste to them, you best try siphon them out, it will take time but you have no other choice here from what is known, you not want to get any fish you not want, so why dont you give it a try.
: Happy Fishing ><{{{{"> Buddy
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I have tried to look up more information on these worms but there isn't much out there. But here it goes. These worms are not all bad. I have them in my tank and I only attempt to keep thier numbers down. And as with most scavangers thier numbers depend on the amount of food they can find.
The Arrow crap I have read will eat the worms also but in my tank the crab wouldn't last long either. So some are good while many are bad. Plus make sure you don't have the ones known as fireworms for they are very bad and must be delt with there are many diffrent kinds it seems.
As to control take a short section of PVC pipe (3/4in) and drill some holes in the sides of the pipe. Locate some nylon socks and fill this with some krill, fresh fish, ect.. and put the bait into the sock. Place the sock into the pipe. Put a 3/4 PVC cap on both ends of the pipe. Place into the tank near where you can see some worms. leave over night then remove. Remove the sock and look for worms ! DON'T TOUCH WORMS !. The worms will get hooked on the nylon while looking for food. Put the sock and worms in trash. Re-bait trap with new sock. Keep this up for a week or more until you rarely get any worms and rarely see them.
It is not nessary to remove all of them as they do help keep the tank clean.
Plan 2. If the other fish and animals can withstand the temperture you can raise it above 85 degrees F and that I have read also can kill off the all the worms.
