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Re: NFC: Re: Re: Re: Planaria
Thanks!
I read and heard tetras don't like them. But so far on the positive side
are:
Killies
Ciclids (angel fish)
Paul
PS - Wally, when your water comes out of the well, I bet it's got no
Oxygen.. likely if anything was growing in it it would anaerobic
----- Original Message -----
From: "jake levi" <jlevi_us at yahoo_com>
To: <nfc at actwin_com>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 6:18 AM
Subject: 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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