oatmeal
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Hello! We recently adopted 2 CFB newts from a local rescue. We started cycling the tank in the beginning of October, and it was fully cycled before introducing its new occupants
About a week ago I noticed a few white stringy things attached to the aquarium glass. I didn't think too much of it, because there were only a few, and we do have a tonne of live plants in the aquarium. I figured they had snuck in on the plants, and I would keep an eye on it. Today I noticed much more of them were on the glass than before. I did some googling, and figured out that I have an infestation of hydra in my aquarium!
My question is this: I have red cherry shrimp in with my CFB, and they get along great (by "great" I mean that the newts don't seem bothered and neither do the shrimp). The hydra concern me, as I don't want them interfering with any potential baby shrimp that may arrive. Can anyone suggest ways to quell or eradicate my hydra population that would not be detrimental to the newts? I'm hesitant to use OTC fish medications as their effects on caudates are not explicitly stated. Has anyone had this issue before? I'm very open to suggestions! If it weren't for the shrimp, I wouldn't be worried, but I'd love for them to breed in the tank with the newts, and would hate to see the population to slowly die off...
About a week ago I noticed a few white stringy things attached to the aquarium glass. I didn't think too much of it, because there were only a few, and we do have a tonne of live plants in the aquarium. I figured they had snuck in on the plants, and I would keep an eye on it. Today I noticed much more of them were on the glass than before. I did some googling, and figured out that I have an infestation of hydra in my aquarium!
My question is this: I have red cherry shrimp in with my CFB, and they get along great (by "great" I mean that the newts don't seem bothered and neither do the shrimp). The hydra concern me, as I don't want them interfering with any potential baby shrimp that may arrive. Can anyone suggest ways to quell or eradicate my hydra population that would not be detrimental to the newts? I'm hesitant to use OTC fish medications as their effects on caudates are not explicitly stated. Has anyone had this issue before? I'm very open to suggestions! If it weren't for the shrimp, I wouldn't be worried, but I'd love for them to breed in the tank with the newts, and would hate to see the population to slowly die off...