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Re: NFC: Re: Re: Re: Planaria
Interesting coincidence!!
I have a little 2 gal octagon I have used for
fry(killies) and finally moved them to a couple ten
gallons. I am shifting tanks around and dropped my
species number way down to use some of the tanks for
culture tanks for salt water. Anyhow, yesterday I had
got a couple pair of Endlers Livebearers from a
wholesaler friend and put them in the 2gal, this
morning the planaria are visibly depleted. Add anothe
species that eats them!
jake
--- Wally Billingham
<wallybillingham at wallybillingham_com> wrote:
> Hello again Paul,
> Well I keep a little of everything from big cichlids
> to least killie fish
> and everything in between. I have never seen the
> planaria in a tank with
> fish no matter what they are but everytime I empty
> one for more than 2 weeks
> there they are. I think they come in in my well
> water (what a pleasant
> thought) good thing the drinking water is R/O LOL
>
> Wally
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Sachs <deano at aquaculturestore_com>
> To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:11 PM
> Subject: NFC: Re: Re: Planaria
>
>
> > Hi Wally,
> >
> > I've got some fathead larvae and some Cyprinella
> leedsi larvae... I'll put
> > some planaria in a cup with some larvae and see :)
> >
> > These are 2 - 3 CM, and definitely easy to keep.
> So, I'm sure they could
> > take over a tank easily.
> >
> > Remind me what fish you keep Wally?
> >
> > Paul
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wally Billingham"
> <wallybillingham at wallybillingham_com>
> > To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:02 PM
> > Subject: NFC: Re: Planaria
> >
> >
> > > Hi Paul,
> > >
> > > While I have never seen my fish eat them I know
> that they must. In my
> fish
> > > room from time to time I move fish out of one
> tank and it goes fishless
> > for
> > > a while. Everytime I do this I begin to see
> planaria in the tank on the
> > > glass after a few weeks. But I never see them in
> tanks which have fish?
> My
> > > theory is that they are always there but the
> populations are kept in
> check
> > > by the fish. When the fish are gone they come
> out and are not eaten.
> > >
> > >
> > > Wally
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Paul Sachs <deano at aquaculturestore_com>
> > > To: <nfc at actwin_com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:54 AM
> > > Subject: NFC: Planaria
> > >
> > >
> > > > I'm doing a bit of net research on Planaria.
> I've got this nice
> culture
> > > of
> > > > them, and I see they are used in many study
> areas including training,
> > and
> > > > regeneration, and I've heard from Klaus, and
> from another friend,
> Jorge,
> > > who
> > > > said they make lousy fish food. Although
> Jorge did say that angel
> fish,
> > > and
> > > > other ciclid babies will eat them.
> > > >
> > > > Any comments?
> > > >
> > > > Paul
>
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