freshwater anenome?

[somefinnfishy]

I have these very small green featherdusted looking things in my ram fry tank but they are not plants as they actively grasp food out of the water. Pellets ,brine shrimp doesnt matter they eat it :eek: What are they?

[tricksterpup]

you may have hydras. not good in a fry tank since they will eat your fry. Check out the skeptical aquarist link below, it should help. :) by the way, how are your new cichlids and endlers doing?
http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/docs/invertebrates/hydra.shtml

jim

[somefinnfishy]

:eek: get them out!
I have not seen them eat any baby rams yet.
BTW the fish are doing great had the rams spawn yesterday but ate the eggs they are young and will try a few more times before I take matters into my own hands and artificialy hatch them.
But thats the first pair to spawn of 6 so I will have rams soon ;)
And jim we have endler males at work that make ours look like feeder guppies:( i'd sugest grabbing some and replaceing your males as it ovious we dont have a pure strain.

[1 fish 2 fish]

some gourmies find hydra a tasty treat

then again they find fry tasty too...

[Eric86]

hehehe don't worry the poor fishkeeper... I personally haven't had any experiences with hydra... but I wish you the best of luck in getting rid of them, and have fun with the new fry:)

[Tim Bo]

I've never had hydra before but it sounds fascinating. It may sound strange but I always get so envious when I hear of others posting about it :)

[wetmanNY]

I've never had these green ones, H. viridis. Green from symbiotic algae, like Tridachna clams!

I'm told I can find the freshwater medusa, Craspedacusta here in Central Park, in the Model Boat Pond that y'all know from Stuart Little.

I better try for them again this summer!

[Tom.E]

Calm pond like conditions with floating plants is the easiest place to collect hydra, IME. You can find scores of them hanging upside down under the plants. Even under duckweed.

Wetman- I have several tanks with colonies of H. Viridissima that you’re welcome to. They’re a good choice for an aquarium; small size and tough as nails. It’s the large brown hydra, H. Oligactis, that I have trouble maintaining. They’ve never lasted long in any of my tanks, even surrounded with prey food.


Tom