smicko Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 hi all one of my tanks has these growing on everything, glas wood and plants how do i kill it. it is in a breeding tank if that makes a difference. cheers, mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Some previous posts.... viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13199 viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9404 viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1809 Also heard that hi temps and salt works if your fish can take it that is. I have treated one of my tanks that had it with multicure 3 times and so far they are gone we'll see what happens though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted December 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 thanks sarg all the info i could need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewatch Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 When I lived in the UK I fed my fish on Daphnia and Cyclops, I often had Hydra in the tanks, the best way to get rid of them is as follows. Get two pieces of copper pipe about a inch long cut them to make squares, connect a length of thin electric cable to each piece, then connect the electric cable to a 4 volt battery,place them each end of the tank leave for 4 hours, Hydra all dead, . I have used this in a tank containing Corydorus fry with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 I was going to ask this before smiko, do you feed frozen brine shrimp at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 hi all, i havent fed brine shrimp only cyclopeze and algae wafers. i thought it may have come from some new plants, but unsure as to how i got them, just want them dead lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddo Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Hydra comes through our water supplies especially at this time of year. The only cure I have found is 1ml/40l of panacur 25 kills them within half and hour. leave for 48 hours then water change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted December 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 hi all, thanks for the advice. i put some multicure in yesterday and noticed that they started to shrink but today they look healthy again, where do i get panacur 25? cheers, mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarg Posted December 22, 2009 Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 From what i have been told it's hard to get, well you have to go through a few processes to get it. Best to try and find a friendly formite to grab a little off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie123 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hey Mick Panacur 25 is not hard to get and its an off the shelf item at any produce stores. You can also go to any vet and buy as much as you need as they stock it in large bottles but its very dear from vets to buy. Remember it's 1ml per 40 litres of water dosage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishHeadSoup Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hey MickPanacur 25 is not hard to get and its an off the shelf item at any produce stores. You can also go to any vet and buy as much as you need as they stock it in large bottles but its very dear from vets to buy. Remember it's 1ml per 40 litres of water dosage. yep thats the key "produce stores" one over here has a shelf fulla it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted December 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 hi all, thanks for the advice so far, and thanks for the reminder on dose rate lance as you know my memory is shocking lol cheers, mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussie123 Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hey Mick The Panacur is quite dear so if you wanna go halvies in a bottle we can do that. Lance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smicko Posted December 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 sounds good lance. i will try to get a bottle today and give you a call. cheers, mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddo Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 yeah thanks Lance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellboy Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thanks for the info guys. Brought some panacur 25 and the hydra was dead by the next morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
