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Re: KillieTalk Digest V2 #337 Hydra
If you back to Old aquarium literature (1950/60's)this was the suggested way
of killing hydra. From what I read mainly 12 volt car batteries were used ?
According to articles at that time it had nothing to do with metal ions, you
were simply
electrocuting the hydra.
However each text that I read made the recommendation of removing the fish
while administering this treatment which ussually took 12 hours.
Keep E'm spawning
John van Rompu
>From: Lilia Stepanova <ls691035 at bcm_tmc.edu>
>Subject: Re: Hydra
>I heard about it too, and I think the reason it worked was a release of
>heavy methal ions from electrodes in the water, so basically it is the
>same as copper treatment. It requires heavy water changes after overwise
>it will affect fish. I read the treatment is for couple of hours only.
>Best
>Lilia
>> Somewhere on the Net I read about getting rid of hydra (maybe the
>> Aquatic Plant list?). The writer said that he used one of the square
>> lantern batteries. If memory serves they are 6 volt? Anyway, he took
>> one of those and hooked a wire to each post (two separate wires not
>> connected to each other!!!). Then he stripped several inches off the
>> free end of each wire and put one in each corner of the tank.
>>
>> So Far Whats it Worth..........
>> Jeff <*\\><