waterlogged Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 ok so there is what looks like anemone on the front of my small tank. I's only about 1-2mm long and has 4 small tenticals. I have one guppie in the tank with shrimp. could this have been bought into the tank by the shrimp? and what is it? it's too small for my camera to take a picture of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Maybe you should give it a little while to develop and see what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcculloch Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 It'll be hydra probably collected it with your shrimp. Eats fine particles can sting fish especially fry. Think some gouramis eat them, sparkling gourami was one from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 i didn't realise they got that big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 hydra rock! Here is one of mine after ingesting a baby daphnia (its tentacles are really short as it isn't 'fishing') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I have dozens in my ~15 l bug tank on my computer desk: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted June 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 yea thats what I got. will it harm my guppies? looks cool don't want to kill it if I can keep it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 If there is plenty of tiny food they can reproduce all over the place (they do it by budding off). I have heard of hydra being a problem in fry tanks because the tiny fry food encourages hydra growth, and they can eat very small fry. Not sure if guppy fry are small enough, being live-birth they are probably big-ish, but someone here should know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 I couldn't picture a hydra harming any livebearer fry, unless it was a Mega-Hydra. None of my hydra ever got much bigger than a pin head. The ostracods didn't like them though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blueether Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 (they do it by budding off)If you look closely to the photo I posted the one in the middle is covered in bumps, I think that that is the very early stages of "budding off" but I haven't noticed that many before, normally only one or two. The biggest hydra in that tank are around 10mm with each tentacle maybe pushing 15mm. Oh they can move as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinbote Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 That's pretty awesome, I want some. Do they bother the fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 The only tank that the thrive in here is the bug tank (and the 1/2 wine barrel on the back porch), there are some in the ~60 l tank but only in the built in filter at the back where the fish cant eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted June 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 I think I remember being told in my animals lab that you can find them on the stems of plants in streams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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