How to Identify, Treat and Prevent Hydra in your Aquarium

G'Day Legends,

Today I found Hydra in one of my aquariums and thought that it was a perfect opportunity to discuss the cause, prevention and treatment of it if you haven't had it yet.

Hope this helps.
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[MissChelle]

Oh the poor little snail got zapped! Great catch on video. Haven’t been around for a while, you are looking fabulous! ❤️🇦🇺

[space_ghost_z]

Good tips. Dealing with some in one of my tanks right now. Single dose of no planaria has helped me in the past

[jodip]

I have loads of hydra in my Mystery Snail breeding tank. No chemical treatments are safe for that, but I did discover the pond snails and larger mystery snails will eat them.

[jeffoates]

Can always count on Blake to have a helpful video! I just found some of this stuff in my Honey Blue Eye tank. What's your thoughts, add a guppy or will the blue eyes eat Hydra? I've been feeding BBS every second day, would you recommend stopping that also? Thanks for all of your content, it's been a huge help over and over again.

[thelonewrangler]

Thanks for the video. I've got a buttload of these in my betta fry tank, and they're most likely from constant brine shrimp feeding. If it weren't for this video, I'd probably be dosing some chemicals, but I have a bunch of molly fry in another tank and will be trying the natural methos first. Thanks again

[FishmanEricRussell]

Hey Blake! I've had these from time to time. At least they are easy to deal with. Hope all is well with you

[rawtone]

Ive got hydra had them in my tank for over a year now not as many you though but ive not fed the tank any live food its a scud and isopod tank ive not seen any attacks or decline in those so they must be living on copepods or something else i did have a nerite snail that would eat them but didn't get rid of them im going to leave them and keep observing they have a purpose and are probably doing good in some sort of way

[shelbytaylor]

I haven't fed my 55g shrimp tank in probably a month. Turned the light down. Added some fishies. Nada. These hydra are not going anywhere. 😂 Looks like its no-planaria for me.

Good to know it's all the same ideas I have tried and now on to the serious muscle for my specific situation.

[bassamnijem]

can you please make a video about breading yoyo loach

[janswhatsupdoc]

Don’t they eat debris and mosquitoe larvae? I don’t own an aquarium so idk exactly what makes them detrimental

[AEYT-Glenn]

I don't feed live food anymore. I'll feed frozen daphnia, etc. as a treat, but no more live foods. Besides, the live fish food market collapsed during Covid, and the old suppliers around here in Los Angeles haven't started back up, so I switched to frozen foods, and I'm gonna stick to them. Cheers!

[brylenmease]

Would you recommend a guppie to help control a hydra outbreak? I only have a 3.5 gallon that houses 3 mystery snails and a rams horn. Thanks!

[jefferybruce]

What is that bigger bug on the glass? I've got a 100+++ of those in my shrimp tank

[porumi]

Hi Blake! Would my CPDs eat the hydras?

[azhar]

Single dose of flourish Excel will get rid of Hydra, based on personal experience. Hope it helps someone else

[bookmouse]

a guppy in every tank! Sounds like a US Pres. Herbert Hoover speech