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.

I was combating hydra on a 60 gallon and 24 gallon. Used half the recommended dosage on both tanks and worked perfectly! No fatalities on my shrimp or bladder/ramshorn snails, that I noticed. Did a water change on day 4 on the 60g &my 24g on day 3 (only needed 2 days worth of medication since it wasn’t a huge outbreak of hydra), added carbon to my filters to pick up any remaining product in the water and everything is back up and running like usual.

I ended up getting Hydra in my tank and my Amano and Otos never seemed settled, they couldn't find a resting spot because of the Hydra. I never saw any Planaria, but I had pest snails galore. I figured I would try No Planaria because it was shrimp and plant safe. I researched and researched this product and read great things and bad so I was very nervous to dose it in my tank. I actually waited a couple days, second guessing whether to even use it. Ultimately, I decided I wanted to see my Amanos out and about again, so I removed my Nerite Snails and dosed my tank. I have a 28 gal Euro Bowfront, I'm guessing around 24 actual gallons in the tank. So, I did 2 scoops which is rated for 20 gallons. After an hour I saw several Nematodes(roundworm) struggling or dead in my tank, I didn't even know they were there, I had never seen them before. After 12 hours, I could see some Hydra deaths, but some were still alive, after 24 I saw very few Hydra alive. 36 hours I no longer had any visible Hydra, and I didn't see any pest snails anymore. I saw what I thought was a dead Amano on my driftwood on the second day, but then I realized it just molted. At the 48 hour mark, since I didn't have anymore Hydra, and never saw any Planaria, I decided it was not necessary to do another treatment. I did a 40% water change on the 3rd day, my Rummynose, Otos, and Amanos were all doing well. The 5th day my quarantined fish were ready for my tank so I did a 25% water change and added 2 German Blue Rams and 10 Ember Tetras, and 3 days later everyone is doing great. In fact my Rummies heads have never been so red, Embers are starting to color up real nice and my GBR are full color and pink bellied. All my plants are doing just fine as well. I got rid of the Hydra, pest snails and the Nematodes I didn't know I had, I feel like I have my tank back in my control again and I will wait about 2 months before I return my nerites, I read where people lost there snails after returning then 1 month later and I don't want to risk that. I might just quarantine my new plants with this in the future, so that I won't get this stuff again in my main tank. Update: Everything is still going great, no deaths, I have since added 3 more Amanos. I did however come across one snail that made it and that was a baby Ramshorn, so maybe it was still in an egg at the time. Be that as it may, I like Ramshorn snails so that is staying in as a tankmate. Very happy with my results about two weeks later.

It worked to get rid of the planaria but I ended up having to breakdown and rinse out the tank after the treatment, couldn’t remove the no planaria with water changes, still had a coating on the tank. Luckily I was only treating a 10 gallon quarantine tank, so the breakdown and cleaning wasn’t a huge deal. It’s a bare bottom tank, the bottom had a layer of no planaria on it. There were snails in the tank, I removed them before the treatment, but wasn’t confident to put them back in the tank after the treatment was completed and water changed due to the lingering coating of no planaria, so that’s why I ended up cleaning out the tank anyways. The no planaria doesn’t dissolve well in water. I tried adding it both ways, mixing it with a cup of tank water before adding, and adding directly to tank. Both ways the no planaria didn’t really dissolve in the water. It just kind of coats everything in the tank. So the no planaria worked, it killed all the planaria, but the cleaning out the tank after was not ideal.

This is the stuff you need to get rid of planaria. It works like a charm just put small doses mixed with water and pour in the tank. Follow the instructions.

I bought some plants for my new aquarium and put them in my tank without any type of quarantine or bleach dip (rookie mistake). I quickly ended up with a bad case of hydra in my shrimp tank. After doing some research online, I discovered this product. I only have a 5 gallon tank, and the recommended dose is for 50 litres (13.2 gallons), so I went with about 1/3 of a spoonful for my first dose. I put the powder in a small glass with a little bit of tank water and stirred it well before pouring the dissolved powder solution directly into the tank. I could not see any active hydra the next morning, but I did one more even smaller dose after 24 hours just to be safe. I then did a 50% water change and had no further hydra issues in that tank. The product did not affect the shrimp negatively in any way. Helpful Tips: MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE ALL SNAILS YOU WANT TO KEEP BEFORE USING - This product is deadly to all snails, including "worker snails" like nerites and assassin snails. In addition, you will probably want to wait multiple water changes before adding the snails back into the tank in case any residue of this ends up trapped in your substrate. REMOVE CHEMICAL FILTRATION BEFORE USE - Remove any active carbon, Purigen, or other chemical filtration before adding this product to your tank, as the chemical filtration could remove the medicine from the water before it has a chance to take care of the planaria or hydra. KILL PLANARIA AND HYDRA BEFORE THEY CAN GET IN YOUR TANK - Before adding any new plants into your aquarium, quarantine the plants in a solution of 1 tbsp alum (from the spice section of your grocery store) dissolved in one gallon of water for three days. This will kill all planaria, hydra, snails and snail eggs on the plants as well as any other pests and most algae.

My 5 gal shrimp tank is overrun by hydra. I ordered No Planaria because every person I talked to said they only had to dose their tank once and within a day all the hydra were dead. I have never spoken to a person where this product /didn’t/ work for them when it came to hydra. Bag came, I measured out the correct dose, mixed it in a small cup of tank water to make sure it all dissolved, and poured it in. Waited 24 hours, nothing. So I did it again - measured out the correct dose, mixed it in a small cup of tank water, then used a syringe to spot dose directly on the hydra. 24 hours later, still nothing. So I did it a third time. Nothing. I reached out to several shrimp forums and every person said the same thing - No Planaria worked for them with just one dose when it came to hydra, I must have gotten a bad batch. Okay, then I’d try again. I requested a replacement bag of No Planaria, and repeated the process. First dose, measured out how much I needed according to my tank size, dissolved it in a small cup of tank water, then used a syringe to spot dose directly onto the hydra. Nothing. Ended up doing 4 doses total with the new bag over 4 days because I was getting desperate. Still absolutely nothing. I’ve now spent over a week trying to make this treatment work and instead the hydra population has quadrupled in size. Super disappointed after all the positive feedback I received for this product. I’ll be using fenbendazole now instead, and crossing my fingers that that works since this didn’t.

my husband was very happy with this product and seller shipped out fast and received the next day did not kill the snails or shrimp after 1 does only saw a few worms still left now treating the next dose great results