Couldnt figure out what would be the best section to post this, but since I am asking about dosing medication I figured this would be it.
I have seem to come upon a hydra infestation in my somewhat newly setup figure8 tank. And they are multiplying pretty quick. I have read that formalin will kill them, I was wondering if this is safe to use with figure8 puffers and bumblebee gobies? Or any other suggestions are appreciated.
Anyone know what causes Hydra?
how to get rid of hydra?
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Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
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how to get rid of hydra?
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There are numerous different species of "hydra". Larger ones are capable of killing fish fry. My hydra were eaten by Procambarus sp., a crayfish (the parthenogenetic species banned in the USA). hydra in a friends tank died out after about three weeks without special treatment.
Does your hydra survive brackish water?
Does your hydra survive brackish water?
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Well the tank is barely at .001 right now. Perhaps with some scraping and water changes along with upping the sg they will die off. They are spreading rapidly all over 1 piece of driftwood - but I dont see them anywere else. perhaps I could just remove the driftwood into a tub and treat it. I doubt that it was superb water quality that caused it... I have heard most of the time they hitch hike in live foods but the closest I have ever come to that is frozen, except for snails from my snail tank.
The hydra are translucent white, with trunks between 1/8 and 1/4" long with tentacles coming out the end. They appear to be budding all over, and there are several 'long chains' of them. I dont amagine they would cause my tank harm, but they kinda freak me out
not sure if their stinging tentacles might be able to hurt the small bumblebees or not.
The hydra are translucent white, with trunks between 1/8 and 1/4" long with tentacles coming out the end. They appear to be budding all over, and there are several 'long chains' of them. I dont amagine they would cause my tank harm, but they kinda freak me out
not sure if their stinging tentacles might be able to hurt the small bumblebees or not.http://tristan.homelinux.net/fish/
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I was always told that Hydra is a sign of bad water quality, overfeeding, etc. Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong thing, little white worm type things that stick to the glass? Either way they are not a major problem and usually the fish will eat them or they go away as the tank stabilizes or the conditions get better.
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I did a quick search on google images and pulled up this pic of a hydra that does pretty much look like mine.
http://www.hotzeltopf.de/albums/Polyp/S ... _Hydra.jpg
It doesnt appear that my Fig8's or BBs are interested in eating them. I may try increasing the salinity or just removing the afflicted driftwood and treating it seperate of the tank. Overall I guess my water quality is good, i just have some diatom and a few other types of algea I am trying to keep in check.
http://www.hotzeltopf.de/albums/Polyp/S ... _Hydra.jpg
It doesnt appear that my Fig8's or BBs are interested in eating them. I may try increasing the salinity or just removing the afflicted driftwood and treating it seperate of the tank. Overall I guess my water quality is good, i just have some diatom and a few other types of algea I am trying to keep in check.
http://tristan.homelinux.net/fish/
* 150G Setting up
* 75G Freshwater Planted
* 45G Bowfront Brackish
* 40G Brackish
* 20G Plants, Guppies, Snails, low/no maintenence tank
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* 75G Freshwater Planted
* 45G Bowfront Brackish
* 40G Brackish
* 20G Plants, Guppies, Snails, low/no maintenence tank
