How to rid your Shrimp tank of Hydra
Two different ways to do it, used both. For those that bought the packets and do not have a syringe, use a pinch for every 10 gallons. I used that method first, stirring the powder into a little aquarium water. Product will not dissolve, you will end up with stuff floating around coating everything. First dose, did nothing, next day Hydra fine, Shrimp mating in front of me, babies everywhere. Next day did second dose without a water change. Still nothing. If you want to be more exact, divide the packet into ten equal parts, each part is for a 10 gallon tank.<br /><br />Next method, the better of the two but you will need a syringe. I did a 25% water change before using this method. Take 100ml of aquarium water, dump in one full packet and stir. 1ml per 10 gallon, repeat every 12hrs till Hydra gone. This way you get more of a dissolved solution. One dose seemed to do it. In my tank I had various kinds of shrimp and babies, rabbit, mystery, mts, and nerite snails, dwarf crayfish, guppy, various live plants. All did well. If they return I still have my solution ready.<br /><br />Day five, no water change since the last dose, snails are showing signs of stress. Hydra gone, shrimp are fine. Will do a 30% water change and add new snails, I moved the others to another tank to bounce back.<br /><br />Oh, watch for pH and Ammonia spikes, it may cause a mini cycle or spikes and a water change will be needed. I used Stress Zyme before using product and after water change.
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