I have 7.8 Gallon, heavily planted tank. I have 7 Red cherry shrimp, 3 Crystal Red Shrimp, 4 Amano Shrimp, 1 rabbit snail and 1 Nitrate snail.
My Red cherry shrimp was dying with no reason. I found that they were dying due to molting issue. So I check GH but it was ok. I had seen some baby shrimp before, but later on I could not find them also.
Then suddenly 1 night I found hydra and palanria in my tank. And what I found that whenever my shrimp try to molt this palanria attack. I had seen my red cherry shrimp berried also. Never seen babies.
When I start searching on internet I found that we can use Fenbendazole but I also understand that it can kill snails also and I am against of using any chemical in my tank.
Another group of people telling me that stop feeding so they will go away by starving but at the same time if I don't feed than my shrimp and snail will starve and die.
So now my question is, Can starve hydra and palanaria but not shrimp and snail. My point is I can put food in my tank which hydra and palanaria not eat but shrimp and snail eat. Please give me suggestion for those food.
Another thing can add something to tank like fish or snail which are friendly to shrimp and eat palanaria. I heard spixi snail eat palanaria.
Hope I will get some advice some experts.
My Red cherry shrimp was dying with no reason. I found that they were dying due to molting issue. So I check GH but it was ok. I had seen some baby shrimp before, but later on I could not find them also.
Then suddenly 1 night I found hydra and palanria in my tank. And what I found that whenever my shrimp try to molt this palanria attack. I had seen my red cherry shrimp berried also. Never seen babies.
When I start searching on internet I found that we can use Fenbendazole but I also understand that it can kill snails also and I am against of using any chemical in my tank.
Another group of people telling me that stop feeding so they will go away by starving but at the same time if I don't feed than my shrimp and snail will starve and die.
So now my question is, Can starve hydra and palanaria but not shrimp and snail. My point is I can put food in my tank which hydra and palanaria not eat but shrimp and snail eat. Please give me suggestion for those food.
Another thing can add something to tank like fish or snail which are friendly to shrimp and eat palanaria. I heard spixi snail eat palanaria.
Hope I will get some advice some experts.