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Help in my shrimp tank thats full of babies I have noticed that my filter shrimp population has suddenly decreased ! So I sat and stared around and noticed that I have had an explosion in Hydra they are attached to the sides of the tank and my elodia and other plants :( so my qiestion is does no planaria kill hydra I need to kill them quick but I have heaps of banies in the affected tanks.

I have never had a hydra as I have always kept shrimp in with fish and I assume they took care of them.

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MrShrimp Shrimp Breeder

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I always give plants and wood a good peroxide dipping before they go into my shrimp tank to avoid the same problem as yours. I learnt the hard way.

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blackcat Shrimp Breeder

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I always give plants and wood a good peroxide dipping before they go into my shrimp tank to avoid the same problem as yours. I learnt the hard way.

Peroxide ? Where from what strength ? I thought that would kill the plants too??

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Peroxide is good for spot dosing, that is, if you only have a few.

But if you have a whole lot of them, then spot dosing will be a pain.

No Planaria on the other hand will treat the whole tank.

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I've used Internal Parasite clear with GREAT results. All Hydra disappeared in the first dose.

No dead shrimps and this was in a tank with juvie shrimp and berried mummas ;)

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Ok thanks2 all and squiggle :) its bought and paid for lets hope for a speedy arrival eh and a quick cure :hopeful:

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Tell me do u follow the instructions on the actual bottle ? My tanks are 87L im dosing for planaria and hydra so hmmmmm to do the maths will be a pain lol

5g per 100L

0.05 g per liter × 80liters

= 4 g yer???

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