So I have just started seeing baby RCS shrimplets. Yea!
But I also found some hydra.
I suspect I got the hydra from a marimo ball I got for the shrimps. I rinsed it, but not a lot. I know it had copepods for a while.
I also do not overfeed, especially since the shrimps are not very interested in the food I have given.
Have hand picked what I could see...probably 10 hydra so far in my 29gal.
Any hope of handpicking being effective? Also, I'm a little confused as to what hydra actually eat.
Pulled some gravel and ornamentation. I do not like to use bleach, even diluted. Will warm/hot water kill hydra on this stuff I have removed?
Really don't know what to do now. There is no way to catch the tiny baby shrimps to relocate.
I assume the hydra are pretty well attached to the gravel and vacuuming would not help. Don't even know if it is advisable to vacuum with tiny shrimplets around??
Have several berried females, but my other tank has fish in it, and may not have enough hiding places for the soon-to-be baby shrimps. Plus I don't know how dangerous it would be to have the berried females dealing with the pesky bloodfin tetras.
What a huge hassle, and I just don't know what to do now!
But I also found some hydra.
I suspect I got the hydra from a marimo ball I got for the shrimps. I rinsed it, but not a lot. I know it had copepods for a while.
I also do not overfeed, especially since the shrimps are not very interested in the food I have given.
Have hand picked what I could see...probably 10 hydra so far in my 29gal.
Any hope of handpicking being effective? Also, I'm a little confused as to what hydra actually eat.
Pulled some gravel and ornamentation. I do not like to use bleach, even diluted. Will warm/hot water kill hydra on this stuff I have removed?
Really don't know what to do now. There is no way to catch the tiny baby shrimps to relocate.
I assume the hydra are pretty well attached to the gravel and vacuuming would not help. Don't even know if it is advisable to vacuum with tiny shrimplets around??
Have several berried females, but my other tank has fish in it, and may not have enough hiding places for the soon-to-be baby shrimps. Plus I don't know how dangerous it would be to have the berried females dealing with the pesky bloodfin tetras.
What a huge hassle, and I just don't know what to do now!