What is this??? Hydra???

[Bristlenosenut]

I have some type of furry white wattle looking stuff that has invaded one of my tanks, what is it??? how can you get rid of it??? does it hurt fish???  <
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>Thanks. Edited by: Bristlenosenut at: 6/6/05 3:45<
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[wrk21]

is it alive??

Algae bloom? if so then no harm done<
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>Cheers Dave "I believe that sex is a beautiful thing between two people. Between five, it''s fantastic."

[adrian666]

if it''s white furry looking stuff, i get that occasionly growing, mainly on driftwood, harmless as far as i know, but don''t look so good.  

could it be uneaten food? sometimes if a little lump of food doesn''t get eaten for some reason and ends up where I cant see it like under a log or something then a day or two after it''ll look like a white bit of wattle alright.<
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[Bristlenosenut]

Found a pic of it, how do i treat it???<
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>schmidling.netfirms.com/hydra.htm

[wrk21]

bud,<
>i dont know weather they could be a prob at all.<
>but any of the gourami''s would love them.........<
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hey mate,<
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>i have had this furry white stuff growing on my driftwood also but have yet to notice any adverse affects on my fish...<
>i have a few
istlenose which may help...<
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>damo

[Davies da fishman]

sure its hydra?? i''ve never heard of them being white before, they are usually green because of the chlorophyll in them. could be a type of fungus, like what Flash gets on his food  <
>matt Edited by: Davies da fishman at: 3/6/05 13:49<
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[Cory Fan]

Mine also have these white furry things and all over the wall of the tank. It do no harm but not too nice looking... <
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>Anyway to remove them permanetly? I wipe them off but will appear after couple of days...  <
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>Cheers,<
>thomas

[Bristlenosenut]

Damo,<
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>Funnily enough the tank has 10 Bn Adults, they still
eed though. <
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[Bristlenosenut]

Davies<
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>There are many species of Hydra: <
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>the two commonest are: <
>Green Hydra (Chlorohydra viridissma, aka Hydra viridis) <
>Brown or Grey Hydra (Hydra oligactis, aka Hydra fusca) <
>Other types which may be encountered are: <
>Slender or large European yellow-grey Hydra (Hydra vulgaris attenuata) <
>White American hydra (Hydra Americana) <
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>A better link:<
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>www.tiscali.co.uk/referen...fusca.html<
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>www.4qd.org/Aqua/Animals/Hydra.html Edited by: Bristlenosenut at: 3/6/05 17:38<
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[Bristlenosenut]

Question is how do i treat it???

IF they are Hydra try this,<
>Two pieces of copper about 1 inch square connect a short lenght of insulated cable to each piece the other end to a 4volt battery put them opposit ends of the tank, leave for about 4 hours.<
>I used this on a tank of
eeding Corydorus, very successful,this was taken from a book published in 1958.

[Bristlenosenut]

LMAO Are you sure???