So a few days ago I noticed hydra on a new plant that I added. I tried trimming / manually removing any that I noticed, but at that point it was already too late as it spread to the substrate and rocks.
I had a test running in a background where I isolated a piece of plant in a separate container with a few hydra on it, and would add salt every hour to see how much is needed to kill them off. what I discovered is that the amount I need was way too high, and would kill my fish and plants before it would the hydra. I still tired adding aquarium salt (the recommended dose on the package), slowly adding it through the day not to shock the fish, but it didn't help.
Next I tired locally blasting them with the hydrogen peroxide using a syringe, and it helped with slowing the infestation down, but the next day I spotted a few more new ones.
I do have 2 or 3 pond snails and MTS that came with the plants (I don't dip plants. I did once and they ended up dying off) but I have yet to see any hydra eaten by the pond snails as some sources say they will.
I don't want to use the heat treatment, as I am worried it will kill/harm my plants and I can't remove the snails.
I can't get "No-Planaria" or "Fish Bendazole" where I live. I had to resort to ordering dog dewormer with fenbendazole base, as some sources recommend to use. Should arrive in 2-3 weeks.
does anyone have experience / recommendations on using it? and I would like to add a nerite snail in the near future, would it be ok if I add it after the treatment?
I had a test running in a background where I isolated a piece of plant in a separate container with a few hydra on it, and would add salt every hour to see how much is needed to kill them off. what I discovered is that the amount I need was way too high, and would kill my fish and plants before it would the hydra. I still tired adding aquarium salt (the recommended dose on the package), slowly adding it through the day not to shock the fish, but it didn't help.
Next I tired locally blasting them with the hydrogen peroxide using a syringe, and it helped with slowing the infestation down, but the next day I spotted a few more new ones.
I do have 2 or 3 pond snails and MTS that came with the plants (I don't dip plants. I did once and they ended up dying off) but I have yet to see any hydra eaten by the pond snails as some sources say they will.
I don't want to use the heat treatment, as I am worried it will kill/harm my plants and I can't remove the snails.
I can't get "No-Planaria" or "Fish Bendazole" where I live. I had to resort to ordering dog dewormer with fenbendazole base, as some sources recommend to use. Should arrive in 2-3 weeks.
does anyone have experience / recommendations on using it? and I would like to add a nerite snail in the near future, would it be ok if I add it after the treatment?