Diabolix Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Hey guys, bit of an odd question. I have a 200L tank with an ornate bichir, an albino bichir and a chocolate talking catfish. From time to time I feed them a school of feeder fish, as well as the usual beef heart , shrimp and carnivore type pellets. The tank is stable, weekly 1/5th water changes, 2 internal filters as well as an under gravel filter. The tank is also planted with a variety of unknown but hardy plants (the survivors of a mixed bunch from animates). Lately I have noticed what appear to be like water fleas, small white dots which buzz around, land on the glass and filters and crawl around, before zipping around the tank again. In addition to these, generally near where the prolific areas of animated white dots are, are what appear to be very flat planaria which crawl around on the class. The volume of these critters seem to be increasing. Now in an aquarium with smaller fish I would imagine at least the white buzzing around critter would get culled pretty quickly. My questions are 1) Anyone else had these show up? 2) Anyone know what they are? 3) Are they detrimental? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 planaria! im growing them at the moment. as we speak, one has shoved its head or tail (cant tell obviously) into a pellet of fish food. apparently they are harmless, and come in a tank when you overfeed lol. :lol: if your fish are happy then i wouldnt worry. some fish like eating them too, but your fish are pretty big so i doubt they would want to hunt down planaria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 So Phoenix, are the white dots (flea like) that Diabolix are talking about are they planaria as well??? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 I don't know what the white dots are. I need a sample and a microscope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Better start doing some serious WC and cut down on feeding. The white dots are not planaria. They are a type of water fleas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 yea... what he said. :lol: i still dont know what the white dots are... are they big enough to take a pic of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 I am not sure what the white dots are either but I get them when feeding daphnia and they are not as popular to eat as the daphnia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discusguru Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Yes you can take picture of it . I suppose you'll need a macro. Alan, you are right. I use to have a lot of them in my daphnia pond and the fish don't seem to eat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Cyclops maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 If they are not cyclops they must be a first cousin. They swim faster and differently to daphnia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 I too have these in my daphnia culture tanks. Rainbows eat them, but not much else, to quick me thinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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