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Re: Hydra

>Hi,
>I tried paradise gourami (it is not exactly gourami, but still labirinth
>fish!) to eradicate hydra, and they DID NOT work. All they did was
>spawning. I remove all fish and did copper treatment for a week
>(coppersafe medication). I treated for several more days after I did not
>see hydra, and a week ago put fish back in the tank. Today I saw hydra
>again! I will try to heat the tank soon.
>I heard pearl and giant gourami will also eat hydra, but did not try by
>myself.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Lilia
>
>On Mon, 10 Aug 1998 AUS62 at aol_com wrote:
>
>> Bruce Stallsmith just reported on the efficacy of Blue Gourami for
>>eradicating
>> hydra. This is the "only" gourami species I have read which is reported to
>> consume hydra, but that does not make sense(?). Won't other gouramis do the
>> same thing? Biological control is always preferable over chemical
>>control such
>> as Formalin or Quick Cure (formlin plus acriflavine), and I do have Dwarf
>> Gourami (but no hydra at the moment, thank goodness). Have you tried other
>> gourmai species, Bruce?
>>
>>                                                                     Yours,
>> Harry Specht
>>

I would recommend the formaldehyde treatment described earlier in this
thread. It is the "standard treaatment".

Barry

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