Hydra in my 15liter shrimp tank

Eeeeeeeeek!!!! What do i do? I sucked out two and then saw another and now its gone. Cant find it! Cant add copper because shrimps. Cant electrocute because, well, shrimps? Yes? Or can I? Heeeeeelp!


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Feed less and more maintenance will make it go away eventually

 

I heard thet noPlanaria works?


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Be careful of anything that's for invertebrate removal - it's likely toxic to other inverts as well. Read the ingredients and do some research on those chemical effects before purchasing. I've never used it, but it claims to be safe. However, do your own reading and decide for yourself.

Personally, I would opt for the above suggestion - feed less. Then remove the ones you do see.

Regards,

 

I used NoPlanaria successfully to rid a tank of planaria.
It had shrimp, assassin snails and otocinclus in.
After following the 3 day treatment there were no planaria left in the tank, and no harm came to any of the inhabitants of the tank.

I got the NoPlanaria from Shrimp City.
http://shrimpcity.co.za/

 

Ye its actually the guy frm shrimpcity that suggested it


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What are these so called hydras?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(genus)

 

Theyre horrible tenticled water monsters that eat baby shrimp for breakfast


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Do they just appear in your tank?

 

If there is excess food available they will just appear I think

 

I fed them a tiny piece of pumpkin the other day. Suspect thats where its coming from.
Wont do that again


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And now this morning some of them have white stuff growing on their noses!


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they have to be introduced to the tank
did you get any new plants or cuttings lately?

 

I got two new shrimps from lifestyle about a week ago. Might be from there. Started with NoPlanaria this afternoon. And once my hands got wet i HAD to rescape a bit. Sitting staring at my handiwork now lol. This is such an addictive hobby


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He he .. Better than other drugs for sure. Probably better than smoking also.

Later Ferdie

 

Good luck with eliminating the nasties.

I agree with Ferdie - better than drugs and actually 100x better than drinking on weekends.