great success with WSD fenbendazole 25g/L

[chhuu]

saw an old post about using fenbendazole for planaria and hydras and just wanted to confirm that this worked great. Wasn't immediate but got rid of all the hydra in 2 days. Didn't need for water change or to remove my charcoal filter. Still did a water change 3 days later though just to be safe.

Had plants, caridina shrimps, ramhorn snails, pekoltia and hypancistrus sp., all were fine.

 

[johnbetta397]

how did you get hydra in your in your tank in the first place hydra and shrimp are a bad mix for the shrimp

 

[chhuu]

how did you get hydra in your in your tank in the first place hydra and shrimp are a bad mix for the shrimp

strangely enough, I have no idea! It had been a while since introduced any new stock but one day, they just popped up!

on the shrimp and hydra note, I found that they really didn’t affect my shrimps at all, even the younger ramhorns snails just trail past them. My caridinas aren’t currently breeding them I can’t say what they would’ve done to the fries though.

 

[johnbetta397]

ahh ok if the shrimp breed the hidra will smash the young here is an idea with your shrimp may be take them out of tank and put in an other container and empty the shrimp tank then stearalize the tank and filter and heater i use bleach to do that and that will kill of the hidra them wash every thing with freash water till no more smell of bleach then re cycle the tank that will help u and save your shrimp it seems like alot of work but your fish and shrimp are worth the extra time and work