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Re: Hydra

>Lilia wrote:
>
>>It is not working. My tank was empty for at least a month, no food,
>>treatment for a week and a half, and hydra came back in couple of weeks!
>>
>>> If you have the luxury of removing the fish to another aquarium and NOT
>>> FEEDING the now fish-less tank anything for a couple of weeks, the hydra
>>> will die off and disappear.
>
>Any chance you re-introduced the hydra?  Where did they come from the first
>time?  Do you use daphnia or other freshwater live foods?
>
>Do you sterilize your fish nets?  I like Robert Nhan's method of net
>sterilization.  He has two containers, the first with a bleach water
>solution in which he puts the nets after each use.  Then he dips the net
>(w/chlorine on it) into a second container with Amquel, a dechlorinating
>agent.  The net is then sterile and safe to use again.
>
>Bill

Chlorox will rot nets very quickly. I would recommend something like
Providone Iodine to sterilize nets.

Barry

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