Hydra infestation

[pitdogg2]

I have two 75gal. tanks with this problem. When i first noticed it they were just in the canister filters on the sides and baskets. both tanks are bare bottom and one is planted with clay pots. When i first noticed them i tried Clout for 4 days for 80gal of water didn't seem to affect them. They are now covering the bottoms and pots and the PVC i have in the tanks. This all looks like a giant spider web. I know that it's Hydra as i have looked at them under a microscope. what i have at my disposal is Clout,Cupramine,Quick Cure or i could buy more Paraguard. When I was first planting my pots I would soak the plants in 3gal of water with a heavy dose of Paraguard this was mostly for snails and/or eggs. The last batch of plants i had ran out of paraguard so I believe that is where the hydra came in from. From what i got when i googled Hydra Infestation it was mostly break down tank bleach and reassemble.
I'm all ears

[chc]

Not too worry..... Lots of fish will eat hydra. What animals are in the tanks already? That will determine what hydra eaters you can throw in with them.

[pitdogg2]

Not too worry..... Lots of fish will eat hydra. What animals are in the tanks already? That will determine what hydra eaters you can throw in with them.

mated pair of synspilius in one and 4 Rotkeil severum and 8 red-eyed tetras in the other.

more fish not an option
plus it's very hard for the fish to get into the canisters to eat them there.

[chc]

Sounds like you just need to thoroughly wash the solid waste from your canisters.

There is a method to trap hydra by blacking out your tank except for one small area. They will tend to congregate there and can be easily removed....... I may be missing some of the details of that method. Try googling it though.

If it were me, I'd just clean the canisters, stir up the surface of plants, etc. and make a big water change. Eventually, the population will disappear (unless the biology of your tank is far too eutrophic), and hydra are only a real threat to very small fry and the like.

[Narwhal72]

Fluke Tabs will wipe them out immediately. Works for me when I get them. Usually from feeding too much baby brine in the same tank for too long.

Andy

[pitdogg2]

Sounds like you just need to thoroughly wash the solid waste from your canisters.

There is a method to trap hydra by blacking out your tank except for one small area. They will tend to congregate there and can be easily removed....... I may be missing some of the details of that method. Try googling it though.

If it were me, I'd just clean the canisters, stir up the surface of plants, etc. and make a big water change. Eventually, the population will disappear (unless the biology of your tank is far too eutrophic), and hydra are only a real threat to very small fry and the like.

the filters(xp3's) get rinsed out 2x a month and i do 50% water change 2X a week. the hydra's are in the darkest part of the tank. I had been brushing them off while doing a water change but i think that in turn made it much worse. yes i know they will only be a problem to small fish, but they do not need to be there.

[pitdogg2]

Fluke Tabs will wipe them out immediately. Works for me when I get them. Usually from feeding too much baby brine in the same tank for too long.

Andy


yep that will be next I am trying Quick Cure for 5 days, but it also looks like i will be ording more Paraguard and some Fluke tabs. I try to keep 100ct of both fluke and Clout but the last Fluke tabs expired like 2yrs ago so 8mo ago i throw them out.

even though Clout list them on the bottle it didn't bother them in the least.:mad: