Ok i got soem snails on my plants and them bam i had leeches . The leeches were eating the snails and attacking my frogs and fish. I found white and black leeches .
After researching about everything i could find i decided to figure it out on my own.
This is what i eventually had to do to get rid of them.
1 i added freshwater salt and killed the snails and got rid of the plants.
2 this made the leeches go to the top of the tank in search of food . Unfortunately my frgos were first on their list and they killed my dragon goby by getting into his gills and suffocating him .
2 I put real copper fittings in my cannister filter .This would gradually leach out in the water and any leeches passing over them or snails would die .
3 but this was not enough , i did not want copper sulfate as i have loaches and frogs so i finally read up on leech physiology and came up with this .
The leeches were weakened by the copper and salt but they would eventually adapt so i added cat roundworm medication . Anything in the gills of my fish dropped off . After 2 weeks i strated to find less leeches and those i did find i promptly removes either with salt baths on the fish and frogs or by hand.
The loaches were eating the baby leeches but the adults were my issue . After 3 weeks they died off the roundworm medication finally taking effect on their bodys with no harm to my fish. This also got rid of any parasites left in the water and their digestion tracks.i believe this is what killed the leeches Active Ingredient:[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 250 mg Piperazine base as Piperazine Citrate per each teaspoon (5 ml). It took a little time and was gradual , but it was also easy on my fish and frogs and did not kill any of them . [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]it has been 4 weeks now and no leeches . [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]no stupid leech trap worked . putting meat in your tank is a bad idea to catch leeches it fowls the water badly. Copper does not kill leech eggs . Kill their food supply (snails ) then treat with Piperazine and you get results.[/FONT]
After researching about everything i could find i decided to figure it out on my own.
This is what i eventually had to do to get rid of them.
1 i added freshwater salt and killed the snails and got rid of the plants.
2 this made the leeches go to the top of the tank in search of food . Unfortunately my frgos were first on their list and they killed my dragon goby by getting into his gills and suffocating him .
2 I put real copper fittings in my cannister filter .This would gradually leach out in the water and any leeches passing over them or snails would die .
3 but this was not enough , i did not want copper sulfate as i have loaches and frogs so i finally read up on leech physiology and came up with this .
The leeches were weakened by the copper and salt but they would eventually adapt so i added cat roundworm medication . Anything in the gills of my fish dropped off . After 2 weeks i strated to find less leeches and those i did find i promptly removes either with salt baths on the fish and frogs or by hand.
The loaches were eating the baby leeches but the adults were my issue . After 3 weeks they died off the roundworm medication finally taking effect on their bodys with no harm to my fish. This also got rid of any parasites left in the water and their digestion tracks.i believe this is what killed the leeches Active Ingredient:[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] 250 mg Piperazine base as Piperazine Citrate per each teaspoon (5 ml). It took a little time and was gradual , but it was also easy on my fish and frogs and did not kill any of them . [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]it has been 4 weeks now and no leeches . [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]no stupid leech trap worked . putting meat in your tank is a bad idea to catch leeches it fowls the water badly. Copper does not kill leech eggs . Kill their food supply (snails ) then treat with Piperazine and you get results.[/FONT]