Yes.... I know how to differenciate..  Hahahhahahaha

Ya.. Got 2 dead shrimp with full of planaria.. Sigh... Maybe the shop use this kind of tactic to increase sales? At first i don't plan to buy one.. I see until really wanna cry... Then only decide to take all of the fire red out.. Kakakakaka....

teach me !!  hahaa.. is it really like Rhabdocoela ? how bout the size ?

I thought a good way to remove the planaria is to put the shrimp and some small fish like guppy or tetras for few days to remove the planaria from the shrimp before moving the shrimp to the shrimp tank... but most probably the shrimp will be in shock after that... 

no-planaria powder. NA selling it at about Rm40 per package.
i just went to Alive-aquarium last sunday. Their planaria is about 1cm long and still the owner ignore them. Lol ~ Kesian those shrimps and ppl that actually brought them.

So can i know what is the best way to kill planaria without harming my shrimp?

So can i know what is the best way to kill planaria without harming my shrimp?

Panacur and Flubenol are medicaments used for de-worming cats, dogs and other pets.

While Flubenol uses as active agent ‘flubendazol’, Panacur uses ‘febendazol’. The components will destroy cell structure of planaria and let them starve after a few days. The drugs are available as powder, pills and liquids. Powder and pills must be dissolved completely in warm water before adding to the tank.

Here is a step by step guide using Panacur:

1) Try to catch as lot of planaria as possible with a planaria trap and remove them from the tank. Remove snails before using Panacur, also.
2) Do your weekly water change (20-30%) and remove as much detritus (=biological waste) as you can.
3) Add the medicament. Prefer to do under-dosing more than overdosing! One pill Panacur KH 250 (with 250 mg Fenbendazol) is sufficient for 432 liters. Check out the table below and only calculate with the nett water volume of your tank!
4) After 5 days change 30-50% water and repeat the treatment and dose Panacur second time.
5) After 5 days, do another water change (30-50%) and filter with carbon to extract the leftover of medicament.

It is really very very long ~!
damn alot moving around. and even more over dead shrimp body !

ciohbu:
did you test your water ph?
i just brought a ph pen yesterday. Tested result was ph5.7 on 3feet, ph7.1 on 2feet.
Any idea how much of salt i should add to 3feet to bring it up to ph6.0?
and what i have to put to lower ph7.1 to ph6.3 ?

how much u buy the ph pen weijie?

do we need manually remove planaria from them?I found some white thing on some of their head...look like planaria for me.I google it, quite lot ppl using planaria to kill them...

they are not planaria, but are one type of parasite, they just "tumpang" on shrimp head

try compare with the video



i always give them a salt water bath (aquarium salt + water) for around 10sec.. specially newly bought shrimp before putting them in my tank those parasite will just fall down

I can confirm the following information has been provided by the farms in Singapore who supply plants to the UK market. This information has been consulted on with respected persons in the UK industry.

Phytosanitary certification requires the plants to be free of pests and disease prior to export to the receiving country. The methods applied are as follows – information supplied per farm:

Our premium plants are dipped in BUPROFEZIN (0.01%) & TRICHLORFON (0.08%) for the duration 120 minutes

Our primary supplier for standard plants dip in IMIDACLOPRID 18.3% V/V (0.005%) for 45 minutes

Our second supplier for standard plant range dip in IMIDACLOPRID 18.3% V/V (0.005%) for 60 minutes
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TRICHLORFON <http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Detail_Chemical.jsp?Rec_Id=PC33346>
Chlorophos insecticides are highly toxic organophosphate insecticides and cause damage to the nervous system ("anti-cholinesterase compounds"), so you would expect to see shrimp "staggering" about before dying. They are non-systemic, so shouldn't end up in the plant.

BUPROFEZIN It is an "Insect Growth Regulator", which means that it would stop crustaceans shedding their skins (it interrupts chitin synthesis), so it could cause death in the longer term.

IMIDACLOPRID, is a systemic, neonicotinoid insecticide and would remain in the plant for some time. Neonicotonoids are suspected of causing a lot of the decline of insect biodiversity in Europe and the USA, and a really not the sort of compound you would want anywhere near your shrimps.

IMIDACLOPRID has low toxicity to fish, but is highly toxic to crustaceans, in conc. as low as 1 ppb for Mysis shrimp. "Products containing imidacloprid may be very toxic to aquatic invertebrates." "The half-life in water is much greater than 31 days at pH 5, 7 and 9". from Kidd & James (1991) The Agrochemicals Handbook, Third Edition. Royal Society of Chemistry Information Services, Cambridge, UK.

Our recommendation will be that all plants from ANY supplier should be quarantined in Alkaline water for a minimum of 2 hours to 48 hours, then finally rinsed in tap water prior to addition to any tank with livestock present. Please note - we say a MINIMUM of 2 hours and suggest that 48 hours be better... don't forget to perform water changes when appropriate.

Alkaline water can be easily made using caustic soda or hydrogen peroxide mixed with water until the pH reaches 8.5. Remember to wash your plants in tap water as a final preparation before they go in your tank.