ADA Mini M (Low Tech) Betta luck this time...

[Mark Livermore]

If you can't find time or room I'll take it if your hands

Thanks Mike, if i need to give it up you will be my first port of call, i will only charge you a 50% handling fee...

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

One thing I don't like is seeing Hydra in the tank, but i'm not sure I can eradicate these without killing all the snails which i'd rather avoid - so if anyone can comment on that, that would be good??

Rob you can use Panacur, it kills Hydra and Planaria but not snails or shrimps (I also have Leeches (not deliberately) and Blackworms (deliberately) in the tank, and it didn't effect them either).

You can get it as a solution, but the granules (for cats and dogs) works OK, and are really cheap to buy. I ignored the Hydra for a long time, but eventually they covered nearly all the surfaces (possibly because I feed a lot of Daphnia and micro-worms).

I just ground mine up and tipped it in. I used 0.1g in 10 gallons, and it had a fairly quick kill of the Hydra, and over about 2 weeks killed the Planaria as well.

Details are in this thread <"Hydra removal">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Rob P]

That's excellent Darrel, thank you mate

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

That's excellent Darrel, thank you mate

It was something I found out for myself. I got it from <"Planet Invert: Killing Planaria and Hydra"> and I think Paul Chapman might have been/is a UKAPS member?

cheers Darrel