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Hydra removal

Hi all,
NattyAntlers said:
You've got me concerned here Ali, not seen any in my tank ever so I do hope the moss is not the culprit, wouldn't want to bring dread on any other member.
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I don't know where they come from, I always have some and if I feed a lot of small Daphnia or micro-worms they really spread.

A lot of people have associated them with feeding BBS, but they definitely don't come with the brine shrimps, so it is another case of a lot of small prey items = plenty of hydra. They must come in with plants etc. and even if you get one it can spread asexually.

cheers Darrel
 
Or you could also use a no Planaria treatment. Made from betal nut and made with shrimp keepers in mind too 🙂
 
I have gone ahead and dosed with Fenbendazole it seems to have done the trick and the shrimp seem fine. I've even seen the newborns I was convinced had bitten the dust. I think in futer I'm going to stick with shrimp products just had a bit of a panic when the hydra showed up yesterday

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One dose wiped them out and shrimp are all fine 🙂 also have enough left to last a life time!!

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Hi all,
frothhelmet said:
I have read that Asolene Spixi will eat hydra.
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I've read that as well <Spixi Snail>. Pond Snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) are meant to eat Hydra, but no-one told the couple I put in. Another creature that is alleged to eat them, but doesn't, is the Dwarf Croaking Gourami (Trichopsis pumila).

cheers Darrel
 
A lot of books also say Dwarf Gouramis Trichogaster lalius will eat them, but the only hydra outbreak I have had was in my DG tank.

Hydra are quite interesting to keep for their own sake, in a jar of their own where they won't do any harm.
 
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