Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V1 #4

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Aquatic Plants Digest V1 #4
From: justin_frese at csufresno_edu (Justin Frese)
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 19:24:21 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <199510111939.PAA01972 at looney_actwin.com> from "Aquatic-Plants-Owner at actwin_com" at Oct 11, 95 03:39:02 pm

     I'm a new reader of the list and i'm from germany.
The worst problem in my 100 cm (160 litre) tank are some ugly worms creeping
around. Although cleaning my plants everytime i buy some the worms must have
come along with them. My local pet-shop-keeper gave me a fluid from - i think -
TETRA. I tried it several times but after some days the worms started creeping
again.
Here's a describtion of the worms :
- - color  : white
- - length : max. ~2.5 - 3 cm (1")
They are on the cover plate of my tank and if i stop my filter they swim in
the water. After several minutes they stick to the glass of my tank and start
leaving the water. Sweeping hundreds away brings the next time thousands of
them back.
A friend of mine has the same problem - without stopping it yet !

I would be very glad if somebody could help me.

Another question : What does DIY mean ? Is it the name of a company ?

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     Well, do you have any fish in the tank?  If not you might
consider getting a couple.  Being that you say the worms are about 
an inch long, i would question wether or not a tetra could handle the
job.  i would suggest the temporary use of a few small africans.  i
know that there is a trend to stick to the extremely passive fish, but
I have had no problems with mine. Something like one of the many
zebras or such. I would recomend something from the Malawi lake
becouse they tend to stay a bit smaller if you decided to stay with them.
     	  
     DIY means  (D)o (I)t (Y)ourself   
     ...(and if it doesn't, boy I'm sure embarassed...)   :)

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