I temporarily put a danio in to eat some of the substrate worms and microfauna that are getting out of hand (likely causing the hydra bloom), but i cant keep a school of them in long term because they'll the baby shrimps too. Is there a way to get hydra under control without no planaria that will kill my babies running around? It looks like there are white and possibly green hydra that potentially came in with the shrimp as i dodnt have any before they were added. Could tiny fish like neon tetra or chilli rasbora keep them in check without going hog wild on baby shrimp? 55 G tank, fully planted, losts of hinding spots. Currently housing blue cherry shrimp, assassin snails, ramshorn snails, 1 zebra danio (yes i know i need more than 1, his school is in another tank and this is a temporary chow down session). Parameters seem acceptable otherwise.
Posted by Praise-Bingus
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Those assassins will go for shrimp too btw, they’ll take chunks. Ramshorns will eat hydra sometimes. I notice my white clouds nibbling on them as well.
I use NO-Planaria, which is shrimp safe.
Baby shrimp are too big for hydra to eat
Here’s a good video
https://youtu.be/dAKB2XA8UQ4?si=lra12rsw00lFYe_p
You’re fine.