SOBAKEN Genchem No Planaria Shrimp Safe Planaria Hydra Killer Shrimp Fish Planted Tank

I bought this to kill the hydra in my freshwater tank. It sure did the job. I took out the snails (I like) as the directions instruct, and placed them in the hospital tank I already had set up. Did the treatment. Half of what the dosage says because it was only to kill hydra. I did the %25 water change and added a carbon filter for three days. Added the snails back and in a day they perished. Did a few more %30 H2O changes, added another carbon filter. Let that work for a week. Added more snails and they were sentenced to death. I ended up changing over to new sponge filters, taken out the original filter and media that’d been in the tank during the treatment. Finally, my latest, and only added 1 snail, just to test, has survived. I’d had some hitchhiking pest snails on plants so I’m glad those probably perished, which I am happy about. So besides killing Planaria, NoPlanaria will get rid of hydra and those pesky pest snails you didn’t want that have infested your tank.A few months later and I am now treating my tank for planaria. Glad I already had the product on hand. I would recommend to anyone who is adding plants to their tanks to have this on hand. I do treat the plants prior to adding to the tank to remove snails, snail eggs and algae using tank salt and hydrogen peroxide, or alum on more delicate mosses as the salt and hydrogen peroxide kills moss. I’ll usually treat with the salt and peroxide for 15-20 minutes before adding to the tank. But i now know to quarantine longer for planaria. I’m a newbie back into this aqua scaping hobby using plants. Lessons I’m learning. And now can recognize the white balls on the plants as their egg clusters. I recently bought a plant which apparently had Planaria eggs so now I’m on day 4 of treatment. At first I went with the directions but wasn’t entirely killing the worms. I went back here to re read some reviews on how it worked for others. It looks like I’ll be continuing daily treatment until they’re gone. Once I spotted the first batch of worms I immediately knew what they were so I immediately removed the plants which visibly had white balls which are the egg clusters, so as to prevent any more from hatching in the tank. Upon re reading the directions on the package, it does say to continue dosing every 24 hours if the infestation is high which is what I will keep doing. I just did a gravel vacuum in the area where the worms seem to be staying in, to remove the dead worms and live ones as well. Hopefully removing the mulm in that area and skipping fish feeding to keep debris light and less for the worms to feed on. Just did a light dose of NoPlanaria early afternoon and will add more this evening. I realized that adding the powder to a little bit of tank water first dissolved the powder and this makes it easier to get the medication into the area of the tank where the worms are hiding. At first i was adding powder directly to the tank but it wasn’t dissolving straight away. This might be part of the reason why the worms weren’t being killed right away. I also turn off the filter for a few minutes to allow the meds to settle down into the substrate before it gets cycled throughout the tank. I think this helps a lot because shortly afterwards I observed the worms became lethargic and dying. Bingo I also went in with a scaping tool and mixed up the substrate a little to allow the meds to go down further.I’ll keep on doing the dosing in this way until I no longer see anything. And will of course repeat the recommended dosing in two weeks. I’ll be back to let you know what happens.Update; Now on day #10 of planaria treatment. I’ve been finding new hatchlings, at least I believe that that’s what they are. I believe that the medication is killing them because I don’t see any larger ones and numbers are still low from what I can see. I’m very frustrated at this point. I’ve done two big water changes as has been suggested by other users and will be doing another today. I’m convinced that this medication is not working as it should. By now after treating per instructions and dosing daily, sometimes lessor on some days and a full dose last night, I’m surprised to still see a few squirming around in the substrate. So, I’ve ordered fenbendazole and sincerely hoping to get better results. I’ll pop back in with results in a few days to let you know if I get results from NoPlanaria.

When i would feed my shrimp powdered food. The tank was full of Planaria. After the treatment when i put in the powder i see no army of white Planaria anywhere

I bought this after I noticed the beginning of a hydra infestation in my shrimp tank, and within 4 days the problem was solved! I lost no shrimp during the process, however, I did lose one Nerite snail after I was unable to find it before beginning the treatment.This treatment is pricey, but it’s worth it. I would rather spend the money on this then have to buy more shrimp.I love that it came with a little measuring spoon, definitely made it more worth it!

Observations:- There's a measuring spoon hidden in the bag. Be sure to use that so as to dose accurately. Keep in mind if you dissolve it in a small quantity of known volume (e.g. 1 measuring cup of tank water), it's easier to take 1/4 of that liquid to get an accurate partial dose than it is to estimate what 1/4 full of the little spoon is. This pouch of powder is hopefully more than you can use in your entire fish keeping career (if you're a casual hobbyist), so don't be stingy if using this approach to measuring.- The powder is not very soluble. This means if you add it straight to the tank, there may be bits of undissolved powder (in the gravel?) that may persist after many water changes. If you have snails you like, don't return all of the them to the tank until you're sure all the powder is gone/exchanged away/filtered out. Even then, add them back one per day until you know it's safe for the group.- I understand that many species of snail don't do well with this powder. You may need to keep any snails you wish to preserve in a separate tank for several days to weeks until you're 100% sure it's safe to move them back. I removed my snails during treatment out of caution... not sure if can be used to rid tank of pest snails? Watch for ammonia spike if so (remove bodies/water change/gravel vac).- In principle, activated carbon filters remove this medication from the water, so don't use them while treating (defeats the purpose), and be sure to use fresh ones a little longer after your sure the medication "should" be gone.- The powder will lower your pH a little. If you have pH sensitive lifeforms in there, you may want to titrate. Put about a gallon of tank water into a CLEAN (no cleaning chems ever) bucket, and measure the pH. Take a pic to remember the color... pH paper color can change over several minutes or if you touch it to a surface or if it dries out, etc. Add No Planaria powder to your bucket, using enough to treat your whole tank. (It will be more concentrated in the bucket.) Mix well/give it time to dissolve, then measure pH again. Add a little baking soda (or alkaline buffer or whatever you normally use to raise the pH with), mix well, wait a couple minutes, then measure pH again. Repeat until pH is back to the original value. Then you can use the pH adjusted bucket of medicated water to treat your tank without messing up the pH. I did not do this and found that one of my guppies got quite stressed (shimmies) after about 24 hrs and didn't make it. The amano shrimp and other fish seem okay (some of the other guppies seem a little stressed, but will hopefully be okay) but they don't love all the water changes and gravel vacuuming as I try to get rid of the medication. The planaria are now nowhere to be found at 24 hrs (down from finding 1-2 alive ones every time I looked at the tank and two mysterious amano shrimp murders).- The planaria don't die instantly at this dosage, but you should see a lot fewer after several hours/a day or two. Be sure to monitor your ammonia/nitrite levels and gravel vac when you're done with active treatment to prevent an ammonia spike from the die off (especially if you have a large number of them.) My hospital tank had a much worse planaria infestation (could always see at least 10) and this seems to have cleared that up as well.I took a star off because you have to be very careful to use this stuff in a way that doesn't stress your critters due to the poor solubility/pH effects. Then again, planaria are really bad for freshly molted shrimp, so, pick your poison. And because it wasn't clear there's a measuring spoon to go looking for in the bag.

Killed most of the snails as planned