Hydra in my newt tank, what should i do?

[Aquaticjade]

I just noticed I have a hydra outbreak in my adult danube crested tank. I have planaria zero which is a shrimp/invert safe hydra+planaria treatment. It claims its an all natural herb. I have used it many times in shrimp and fish tanks and it really does do the job. However I'm unsure with newts how this works. Should I kill the hydra or leave it be? Has anyone used any type of treatments with newts?

 

[Lamarca]

I’ve never heard of anyone dealing with this but just to be safe I’d do a full water change. They’ll prolly come back but it’ll give you some time, I don’t think it could be too bad but if they got a treatment for it then…

 

[Aquaticjade]

I’ve never heard of anyone dealing with this but just to be safe I’d do a full water change. They’ll prolly come back but it’ll give you some time, I don’t think it could be too bad but if they got a treatment for it then…

I do weekly 50% WC in all of my fish and newt tanks. Hydra sticks themselves to glass, plants, and wood so simple WCs do nothing to them. Not to mention if you break one, it will just split into two hydra and again and again (that is how they 'reproduce') so manual removal is pretty much futile when dealing with hydra....

Supposedly the main ingredient in no planaria/planaria zero is betel nut palm extract. No way to know if it's amphibian safe though...

 

[JM29]

I've had Hydras in a ribbed newts big larvae tank.
Since I don't feed them anymore with daphnia, Hydras were starving, not able to thrive and disappeared by themselves.

 

[CWhit]

Greater pond snails eat hydra, it's how I got rid of them in my tank. I manually removed the ones I could, by using my finger & wiping on tissue, then the snails took care of the rest.

 

[CWhit]

Plus they're big enough to remove easily, and the eggs as well. Although I kept mine & they're keeping the tank algae free. The newts eat the babies as well.