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Re: NFC: Planaria (behavior v. predation)




you can shoot me now for being an idiot---I actually didn't save any when I 
tore down that amphib tank.  Next time I do a water change on the big tank, 
I'll grab out a handful of gravel & see if I can grow any out.  If it 
doesn't work, this summer I'll try with some more mud from the same spot I 
used to landscape the original amphib tank.

-kris


>From: "Paul Sachs" <deano at aquaculturestore_com>
>Reply-To: nfc at actwin_com
>To: <nfc at actwin_com>
>Subject: Re: NFC: Planaria (behavior v. predation)
>Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:02:13 -0500
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>Thanks Kristine,
>
>I'm glad I asked... that is definitely positive proof of planaria being
>eaten (and with obvious relish!)
>
>Matter of fact, if you send me some of yours I'll send you some of mine :)
>Although mine are smaller than yours (<3mm) !  Or, I'd be happy to pay
>shipping to get a few of those potentially 1"ers.  Contact me off list if
>your interested.
>
>The list of probable and definite EATERS of planaria grow!
>
>So Far fish that do eat planaria:
>Killis (probable)
>Ciclids (angel fish do eat planaria)
>Fat heads
>damnbusia, (gambusia)
>orangethroat darters,
>redbelly dace,
>sand shiner
>central stoneroller
>
>Fish that don't eat planaria
>Neon Tetras (Jorge)
>apistogamma (probable - thanks Scott)
>
>It is possible, however, that some planaria species don't taste good.  But
>that leads to the same conclusion as before... why would they run away..  I
>did read a post regarding a tank with fish that was inundated with 
>planaria,
>so obviously, not all fish enjoy them, or as I said, not all species taste
>the same...or perhaps, there were simply too many to be eaten by the fish 
>in
>this particular tank.  I wished I'd paid attention to the species 
>mentioned!
>
>Of course, thanks to Scott's post, apistogamma has been added to the don't
>like side of it as a probable! (his post is below Kristine's)
>
>Thanks to all!  This has kept me pleasantly busy :)
>
>Paul
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kristine Weisbrod Massin" <kwmprairie at hotmail_com>
>To: <nfc at actwin_com>
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:11 PM
>Subject: Re: NFC: Planaria (behavior v. predation)
>
>
> > I'd be willing to bet it's a combination of planaria behavior & fish
> > feeding.  You're right that two days is too fast for that many to 
>suddenly
> > appear, but I've also definitely seen my fish eat them--they know every
>time
> > the top is opened they get fed so gather at the top for a feeding
> > frenzy--very few planaria survive long enough for the darters to have
>their
> > chance but I've seen them get a few when they 'climb' branches up to 
>where
> > everyone else is.
> >
> >
> > -kris
> >
> >
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Scott Olson" <olson7 at hotmail_com>
>To: <nfc at actwin_com>
>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 3:53 PM
>Subject: Re: NFC: Re: Re: Re: Planaria
>
>
> > This has been a very interesting thread to follow, especially in light 
>of
> > the fact that the apistogramma list to which I subscribe has contained
> > anectodal evidence that planaria are shunned by fish.  Some posters have
> > gone so far as to claim that if planaria touch (slime?) any fish food, 
>the
> > fish will not eat the food.
> >
> > It looks like the NFC listers' observations are quite the opposite!
> >
> > A new live food staple is born?
> >
> > I do have to say that I once had a heavy infestation of tiny white 
>(1-2mm)
> > worms in a tank that contained a pair of apistogramma Nijsenni and their
> > fry.  It appeared to me that the fish and 'worms' happily ignored each
> > other.
> >
> > I wonder if these worms were planaria or something else?  I did not
>observe
> > the diagnostic triangular head on these things, although they were very
> > small.
> >
> > tchau,
> >
> > Scott
>
>
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