hydra

[fishkeeper90]

so the other day we noticed hydra (was told what it was ) in our fry tank ...today we got out all the plants and binned them and took out bogwood and literally boiled them (put in a plastic bin with loads of kettles of water) and took out all the stones so now its glass bottom and cleaned all the muck out of the tank did about a 50% water change ....well i just looked in the tank and saw a couple of hydra still on bogwood i thought boiling it would get rid of it ...any thing else we can do dont wanna use medications as much as possible as got fry in there (at least 1 at around 8 weeks old at about 15 at 5 weeks old and alot of 3 days old) ...also the external we got second hand when priming it it sends out loads of white stuff is that something to worry about or not ...help

 

[ZxC]

without going the chemical route I doubt you'll ever get rid of them. I used fenbendazole in a shrimp tank with CRS, 3 doses in 72 hours and I had no deaths, I'm sure the fry will be fine.

 

[fishkeeper90]

without going the chemical route I doubt you'll ever get rid of them. I used fenbendazole in a shrimp tank with CRS, 3 doses in 72 hours and I had no deaths, I'm sure the fry will be fine.

its says online that chemicals will kill the fry or should i wait until they are a bit bigger say in a couple of weeks i know the bigger ones should be fine but its the 3 day olds im worrying about with chemicals

 

[ZxC]

its says online that chemicals will kill the fry or should i wait until they are a bit bigger say in a couple of weeks i know the bigger ones should be fine but its the 3 day olds im worrying about with chemicals

Where online are you reading this? I've always heard it is fish/shrimp safe.... I figured if I didn't lose any CRS it should be safe for any fish

 

[ghyti]

Go to Petco or wherever and get some Safeguard dog de-wormer. It is Fenbendazole. Put it in the tank at a dose of 1 gram per 10 gallons. It is perfectly fish safe. It does not affect 5 day old Angelfish fry whenever I use it. It kills all the hydra in a very short time. I have never had to use a second dose.