Ugh..Hydroids

[Djbetterly]

So I found some thin, glassy, branching hydroids in my tank. I also have what could be the other type, more feather duster looking type but I'm not sure how to identify them. Does anyone know of a guide for identifying the different types? Specifically for identifying the difference between a hydroid and feather duster.

Also, has anyone ever used hydroxs for treating hydroids?

Hydroxs - http://www.fishtothenth.com/Hydroxs.htm

 

[Widdy]

Manual removal is probably your best bet. I had some digitate hydroids; clear stem with a bulb like attached to its end and would come out at night to feed, those disappeared over time and never came back. Other people not so lucky. I had some Colonial Hydroids as well, took over a rock within a month, those were a PITA. At the end I just took the rock out and used a blow torch on it for about 30 seconds and never seen another since.

 

[thirty6]

I had colonial hydroids awhile ago. I removed the rock from the tank. Good luck

 

[Buck0land]

I also had colonial hydroids. Manual removal is best. I found if you spray boiling RO on the hydroids it will kill them.

 

[sunny]

I also had colonial hydroids. I found if you spray boiling RO on the hydroids it will kill them.

+1

Get a syringe and inject it with boiling RO.

Sunny

 

[ducati335i]

What if u cover them w jb weld? Will they just grow in a different section or?

 

[Djbetterly]

Right now the majority are on the stalk of a large colony of neon torch. The talk is quite long, I'm wondering if I can't just pull it out and lightly dremel the surface where the hydroids are. There is only one section that they are near the head of the torch.

 

[FaviaFreak]

blast them with kalk paste

 

[Djbetterly]

I blasted them with boiling water, pulled the neontorch out, scraped it down, and scraped the rock down then did a water change. We'll see what happens!?!?!?