Hydras?

ThatFishKid · 08-16-2008, 06:25 PM

I've been meaning to figure this out for at least a year now. My tank has always had these small transparent/white things growing on it, and i can see them well, but i think they may be hydras. here's a better picture i could get of some (the tiny white things on the glass):

I'm not sure what they are, but i want them gone, because if they sit to long, floating debris sticks to them, making the tank look awful. here are some stuck to my filter with debris:

Help please?

Blue Cray · 08-16-2008, 06:46 PM

Its from lack of adiquate filtration i had it in my very first 33g tank with a crappy filter, as soon as i upgraded to a new filter and had better circulation they went away.

ThatFishKid · 08-16-2008, 06:54 PM

do you know what they are though? i'm sure it's some sort of living thing, cause they grow. The ones at the bottom of the tank, out of the stronger current, look like a cross between a mushroom and a feather duster worm.

Blue Cray · 08-16-2008, 07:34 PM

i think its just a build up of debri that got caught on algae spots or something.

**TheOldSalt** · 08-17-2008, 08:56 AM

If you mean the white things, then yes, I think you have Hydras. Congratulations.
I never would have seen them if I hadn't been looking for them; they're very hard to spot.
I have a tank full of bright green ones, by the way.

Anyway, a few drops of some copper-based fishy medicine or even a few pennies in the tank for a week should get rid of them nicely.

ThatFishKid · 08-17-2008, 11:14 AM

would the copper effect my apple snails, or is that a small enough dosage that it wouldn't matter?

ThatFishKid · 08-17-2008, 02:49 PM

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**TheOldSalt** · 08-18-2008, 07:52 AM

The snails complicate things, yes. Take them out and put them somewhere safe

ThatFishKid · 08-18-2008, 01:44 PM

thanks. they're in ick quarantine with the rest of my fish while the main tank is being heated/salted/coppered. the hydras and nematodes are fading pretty fast. (apparently apple snails do fine in a salt bath! Lucky for them.)

08-16-2008, 06:25 PM	#1
ThatFishKid unknown entity Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Atlanta area Age: 17 Posts: 209	Hydras? I've been meaning to figure this out for at least a year now. My tank has always had these small transparent/white things growing on it, and i can see them well, but i think they may be hydras. here's a better picture i could get of some (the tiny white things on the glass): I'm not sure what they are, but i want them gone, because if they sit to long, floating debris sticks to them, making the tank look awful. here are some stuck to my filter with debris: Help please? __________________ I'll get around to fine tuning this eventually but my running tanks: 2 half gallon planted betta tanks Heavily planted 29 tall 2g cherry shrimp/snails heavily planted 10g fishless lightly planted tank (worms/micro organisms/inverts/algaes/ it's all just an experiment) 10g Multie. species tank (multies will be added soon.) 10g brackish (planted w/ marine algae) 10 subin firemouth lots of tubs for plant propogation and develobement.

08-16-2008, 06:46 PM	#2
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 515	Its from lack of adiquate filtration i had it in my very first 33g tank with a crappy filter, as soon as i upgraded to a new filter and had better circulation they went away. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

08-16-2008, 06:54 PM	#3
ThatFishKid unknown entity Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Atlanta area Age: 17 Posts: 209	do you know what they are though? i'm sure it's some sort of living thing, cause they grow. The ones at the bottom of the tank, out of the stronger current, look like a cross between a mushroom and a feather duster worm. __________________ I'll get around to fine tuning this eventually but my running tanks: 2 half gallon planted betta tanks Heavily planted 29 tall 2g cherry shrimp/snails heavily planted 10g fishless lightly planted tank (worms/micro organisms/inverts/algaes/ it's all just an experiment) 10g Multie. species tank (multies will be added soon.) 10g brackish (planted w/ marine algae) 10 subin firemouth lots of tubs for plant propogation and develobement.

08-16-2008, 07:34 PM	#4
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 515	i think its just a build up of debri that got caught on algae spots or something. __________________ 55g Planted -golden zebra danios -striped raphael catfish -angelfish -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes -BGK -kribensis 22g Planted -zebra loach -glo lite tetras 5g Semi Planted -endlers

08-17-2008, 11:14 AM	#6
ThatFishKid unknown entity Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Atlanta area Age: 17 Posts: 209	would the copper effect my apple snails, or is that a small enough dosage that it wouldn't matter? __________________ I'll get around to fine tuning this eventually but my running tanks: 2 half gallon planted betta tanks Heavily planted 29 tall 2g cherry shrimp/snails heavily planted 10g fishless lightly planted tank (worms/micro organisms/inverts/algaes/ it's all just an experiment) 10g Multie. species tank (multies will be added soon.) 10g brackish (planted w/ marine algae) 10 subin firemouth lots of tubs for plant propogation and develobement.

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08-17-2008, 08:56 AM	#5
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,476	If you mean the white things, then yes, I think you have Hydras. Congratulations. I never would have seen them if I hadn't been looking for them; they're very hard to spot. I have a tank full of bright green ones, by the way. Anyway, a few drops of some copper-based fishy medicine or even a few pennies in the tank for a week should get rid of them nicely.

08-17-2008, 02:49 PM	#7
ThatFishKid unknown entity Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Atlanta area Age: 17 Posts: 209	post deleted by user __________________ I'll get around to fine tuning this eventually but my running tanks: 2 half gallon planted betta tanks Heavily planted 29 tall 2g cherry shrimp/snails heavily planted 10g fishless lightly planted tank (worms/micro organisms/inverts/algaes/ it's all just an experiment) 10g Multie. species tank (multies will be added soon.) 10g brackish (planted w/ marine algae) 10 subin firemouth lots of tubs for plant propogation and develobement. Last edited by ThatFishKid; 08-17-2008 at 06:57 PM.

08-18-2008, 07:52 AM	#8
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,476	The snails complicate things, yes. Take them out and put them somewhere safe

08-18-2008, 01:44 PM	#9
ThatFishKid unknown entity Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Atlanta area Age: 17 Posts: 209	thanks. they're in ick quarantine with the rest of my fish while the main tank is being heated/salted/coppered. the hydras and nematodes are fading pretty fast. (apparently apple snails do fine in a salt bath! Lucky for them.) __________________ I'll get around to fine tuning this eventually but my running tanks: 2 half gallon planted betta tanks Heavily planted 29 tall 2g cherry shrimp/snails heavily planted 10g fishless lightly planted tank (worms/micro organisms/inverts/algaes/ it's all just an experiment) 10g Multie. species tank (multies will be added soon.) 10g brackish (planted w/ marine algae) 10 subin firemouth lots of tubs for plant propogation and develobement.

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