Red Planaria: How to get rid of them?
There are several approaches that can help combat planaria. As your granny probably told you, prevention is the best form of treatment. Good marine husbandry techniques (particularly use of a quarantine tank and dips) are typically helpful in stopping this pest (and many others) ever making it in to your aquarium. Planaria can sneak into the aquarium as a stow away on live rock, live sand, corals, clams and other live materials introduced to the aquarium. If the worst happens and you find Planaria in your tank it is not all over – flatworms can be removed physically, biologically, or chemically. Products such as Flatworm Exit can almost instantly kill off most or all flatwroms in your aquarium. Dying flatworms are toxic, so please be sure to read the instructions carefully – siphon out as many flatworms as possible before dosing the recommended amount. The sea slugs of the family Chelidomura, sometimes called the head shield nudibranch can offer another biological solution. Although di
