Due to various reasons, various insects frequently appear in the grass tank and shrimp tank, which is a headache. Some are harmful, some are beneficial, and some can even hurt the player!
After all kinds of insect torture, finally have a little understanding, sort out and share with you, I hope to be like me for the recent bug explosion, headache players are helpful!
(1) Planarians
Brief description of the properties: flat animal, symmetrical on both sides, body length 1.0-2.5 cm. Most of the camp parasitic life is harmful to the fish and shrimp snails that are often raised in grass tanks.
Planarians tend to hide in the sand layer, or crawl at the bottom of the tank, occasionally attach to the tank wall and aquatic weeds, or swim in the water like a ribbon of silk. In the absence of living organisms to parasitize, they also eat spoiled substances on the bottom bed. Most asexual split reproduction, about once a week. Sexual reproductive conditions are higher (hermaphrodite) and require a low temperature of 12-16, 2 3 weeks incubation.
Habit hazards: hiding in the shadow of stones and aquatic plants during the day, shrinking into curls, coming out at night to move and forage. Preys on small sleeping fish and shrimp and snails. The contraction of the abdominal muscles and the oscillation of the cilia on the surface of the body allow him to crawl on objects and have a good penetration speed on the flat surface. Also has the ability to swim.
Foraging relies on the insect body to secrete a glue that binds itself closely to the victim, and then uses the negative mouthparts of the insect body to extend a long snout, insert it into the victim, and release digestive enzymes to dissolve it and then inhale it into the mouth. Planarians also eat rotten substances that are dead, but they are basically meat-eating, live-eating!!
Countermeasures: Planarians are mostly introduced into the tank species by newly implanted aquatic weeds, once introduced, it is very difficult to make them disappear naturally, because the environment of the aquatic weed tank is basically very suitable for their growth, so it is particularly important to do a good job in the early stage of aquatic weed quarantine. Although planarians have a relatively limited ability to prey on fish and shrimp snails, they are basically harmless to aquatic weeds and will eat spoiled substances on the bottom bed. But it's still harmful, and it's ugly...
<h1>1. Biological governance</h1>
One thing and one thing, put in a few peacock fish sub-adults, do not feed, the effect is fast. (With 52, smoke them out of the dodge for a better effect!) ）
Disadvantages: Can not be eradicated, or will miss a small number of hidden planarians.
<h1>2, CO2 super outbreak</h1>
Planarian hyperoxia organisms, need 6-8PPM to meet its requirements, it has no cheeks and no other respiratory organs, nor does it have a blood circulation system to fully distribute nutrients throughout the body, but uses diffusion to transport the external Rongyang from the surface to the internal tissues. Add plus plus increase CO2, and planarians will be starved of oxygen and hang up
Disadvantages: There are no other creatures in the tank, if there is, you need to fish it out.
<h1>3. Trapping</h1>
This nasty bug has an unusually sharp sense of smell and can be tracked with just a hint of fishy smell. Mineral water bottles can be used to make traps, which place anything fishy, put it in the tank, and turn off the lights for about 1-4 hours. Then you can vent your anger
DIY planarian traps: The first two days have occurred. The meat in the bottle is good as long as it is fishy, and some also use pork liver. = Some use dead fish (feel that the fishy smell of dead fish is not heavy enough, and the effect is slow);
Principle of use: put the made trap into the sand, turn off the lights, about 1-4 hours have an effect, see the planarian into the trap, you can take it out, the planarian for treatment! Repeated use, effective within a week!!
Note: This thing has a very powerful regeneration ability, just crush to death, or cut into pieces, can not kill! After trapping, do not use these methods to vent! And kill it with salt before pouring it out.
<h1>Forum Aquarists' approach</h1>
Go buy chocolate fish, buy two, small, large best, but will bite the tail of the fish, after a few days to ensure that there are no snails
Do not turn over, put dry water for more than a month, wrap out
Peacock, you deserve it
Aquatic code planarian medicine
Intestines are clear, or can play beauty to solve your problems
Planarian medicine or doubling carbon dioxide, people look at trying.
Just get on the koi and eat it in a few days
60 cylinders, a piece of half intestinal worm clear, melted evenly into the bottom sand, two days later a planarian worm can not be seen, more than a month has not been there again. The Pauline lamp, the black shell, and the various grasses in the jar did not find any changes.
A small black bottle is served
The round one is fine, the triangle is like a snake, the thief who runs fast is really disgusting
For the planarians, I boiled the whole tank of boiling water, and the shrimp lost everything
Small black bottle, a week