| Shrimp & other Invertebrates Aquarium Invertebrates - Discuss the varieties of freshwater shrimp, crayfish, and other invertebrates that will enhance your planted aquarium. |  | |
09-17-2008, 03:29 PM
|
#11 (permalink)
| | Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX, USA
Posts: 2,737
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 146700 | Re: Hydra spp. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunstar I currently have two tanks I carelessly got infected wiht some plants. I am trying to treat it using that panacur method.
They're ticking me off. | My wife is bringing me home some generic fluke med this evening and I am preparing to nuke them. I almost don't want to. The majority are the green kind (that have a symbiotic relationship with an algae) and are 'supposed to be rare'. In fact, I don't see ANY of the white ones anymore.
I think if I were to never sell or give away plants that I would just let them stay since they don't bother anything. But, I hate to throw out trimmings when there is always someone who needs a little this-or-that. So, these little devils will soon be toast.
What's the panacur method?
-Dave |
| |
09-17-2008, 03:34 PM
|
#12 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 808
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 43300 | Re: Hydra spp. I found it on this site. that and the plant finder thingy attracted me here. The panacur method thingy
it's been a couple hours and they're dying in the small tank. they're letting go of the side and drifting with barely a twitch. So far, so good.
Last edited by Sunstar : 09-17-2008 at 04:01 PM.
|
| |
09-18-2008, 04:16 AM
|
#13 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 808
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 43300 | Re: Hydra spp. I thought I would update the progress with my de-hydra-ation experement.
So far the small tank, which is my 5.5 gallon, and prolly got a bit more than 0.05 grams of the medication is free of living hydra. The Macrobrachium Pilimanus in there is doing well.
The Main tank, 25 gallon, I used 0.15 grams of panacur. Planaria are upset for sure, I've seen them moving around for the first time in months. There are still hydra but they don't look very happy.
All other animals seem quite happy. |
| |
09-22-2008, 05:54 PM
|
#14 (permalink)
| | Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX, USA
Posts: 2,737
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 146700 | Re: Hydra spp. I used a all-in-one fish med (for "gill flukes, anchor worms, ich, and fungal diseases" ) . I did not pay attention to the main ingrediant, but I know it was not the same as Panacur (it started with "M" ) . I doubled the dose (two packs per 10 gallons) and waited 24 hrs.
It's been four days now and I can't find any survivors, and none of my fish or snails seemed bothered. Hopefully this got them, but I'm still not confident enough to say they are gone for good. If I can't find any for a couple more weeks, I'll consider them all dead.
This treatment cost me $13.50 (the whole contents of the box) for a 50 gal tank. Is that about what the Panacur would have run me? Is two weeks long enough to not see any and consider the hydra "gone" ?
-Dave |
| |
09-22-2008, 06:37 PM
|
#15 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 808
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 43300 | Re: Hydra spp. I used barely a single package of Panacur in my two tanks. I have plenty left over incase of a reinfection. Panacur cost me about the same. No illeffects on my fish or shrimp and the hydra cannot be found. |
| |
10-01-2008, 11:30 PM
|
#16 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 808
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 43300 | Re: Hydra spp. How's the hydra going? Mine appear to be totally gone now. |
| |
10-02-2008, 03:25 AM
|
#17 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Columbia, Maryland
Posts: 290
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 22870 | Re: Hydra spp. Mine are gone too. H2O2 did the trick for me no problem. |
| |
10-02-2008, 05:43 AM
|
#18 (permalink)
| | Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX, USA
Posts: 2,737
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 146700 | Re: Hydra spp. Yep, all gone. And what's funny is that the med I used is an anitbiotic. (My wife is a nurse and she said they use it in drip when someone comes in and they have something that normal antibiotics aren't getting rid of. It's supposed to kill EVERYTHING, so I'm sure I lost all beneficial bacteria as well. ) The chemical name starts with M, the med was labaled for...everyhting.
Anyway, all the hydra are gone now. |
| |
10-02-2008, 08:10 AM
|
#19 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 808
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 43300 | Re: Hydra spp. Exellent. Should try to remember the name and your dosage + affects. This info would be useful to other shrimpers. |
| |
10-02-2008, 10:54 AM
|
#20 (permalink)
| | Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX, USA
Posts: 2,737
iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 146700 | Re: Hydra spp. Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunstar Exellent. Should try to remember the name and your dosage + affects. This info would be useful to other shrimpers. | Okay, you'll have to excuse the spelling if it's wrong. The box just said it was for "gill flukes, anchor worms, ich, and fungal diseases". The actice ingredient is the antibiotic Metronidazole (spelling? ) and the trade name you hear in hospitals is "Flagyl".
It came in 10 packets in powder form. Recommended dose was 1 pack to 10 gallons, wait 48 hours, then do it again. I put in double that (all 10 packs in a 50 gal) and checked back 24 hrs later. I haven't seen a hydra since. Did not see any stress from snails or fish. I do not have shrimp, and would not have double-dosed if I did.
-Dave |
| |  | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:17 AM. |