Other Turtle Discussion :: post ur ideas 2 get rid of planaria worms

[portsporting06]

i havent got rid of them since 4months now i had gave up but im give it a try. i caught alot of them and put them in a tubware and im do experments on these worms. so far i add salt and it killed the smaller ones. i add like cooking salt. but the biggers ones still swim. if ya got any ideas 2 get rid of them please post it here and ill try ur idea. ideas that are not harmful for my turtles tho

[steve]

How about warmer water?

[portsporting06]

i been try that even boiled water. i colleted more worms 2 try experments one them. but i ran out of ideas

[Schimpf]

Bleach? I know thats not something you want to hear, but maybe bleach.

OH what about vinegar? Its washes out easier than bleach.

[portsporting06]

ummm yea im not using chemicals that may harm my turtles or fishes.

[VeipaCray]

You need to ID the source of the worms. Separate everything. Once you find where they are coming from, you can get rid of them.

[rsour24]

u need to clean EVERYTHING really really well. separate everything, replace filter media. maybe even replace the filter tubes if they are rly dirty. and idk if u tried having feeder fish like rosey reds in the tank or something but they might eat some of them

[steve]

Do not use boiling water in your tank, that could lead to a huge mess.