Re: couple of questions

["D Kinyon" <dkinyon@shentel.net>]

Paul,

Congratulations.

All that algae would probably have helped while you were away- maybe you can
grow some back.

As for the hydra, I had a problem with them some time ago, and the pet store
stuff just seemed to aggravate them. There's a veteranarian product called
Panacur that will kill the hydra and not hurt the fry. It's used to treat
parasitic worms in cats & dogs. Just sprinkle a very small amount on top of
the water, and the hydra don't come back. I think I heard about the stuff on
this list. Now your only problem is finding a vet that will sell you some.

Take Care

Don
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Evans <pm_evans@yahoo.com>
To: apisto list <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Date: Saturday, May 08, 1999 8:13 PM
Subject: couple of questions


>Hi all,
>
>I am getting married next Saturday and will be gone
>for about ten days.  Is there anything I should do
>for my six week old fry to help them out while I am
>gone?  They will not be fed.  They are about 1cm SL
>and growing quickly.  They are in a planted tank.
>
>The afore mentioned planted tank was being overrun
>by hair algae.  I left the lights off for about
>five days to kill some of the algae.  When I turned
>the lights on this morning most of the hair algae and
>BG algae was gone.  However, there wase a whole ton
>of these green filaments about 1cm with finer
>filaments
>on the ends.  I noticed them before but there was not
>many.  The look like umbrellas that have been blown up
>in the wind.  This morning I saw one of these capture
>a bbs and then realized that they are hydra.  At the
>LFS this afternoon I saw some stuff made by Sera that
>is supposed to take out snails and hydra.  It looks
>like it is basically a copper salt.  Does this work
>without harming the fry?  BTW, I am just now looking
>at the information on thekrib.  The hydra don't seem
>to bother the fry but I could see them doing so when
>the fry were first free swimming.
>
>Paul
>
>
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