Daniel Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I always have a lot of hydras in my aquariums and sometimes they can try my patience as you will see here. I am trying to feed the baby sparkling gouramis but the hydras can seemingly eat their weight in baby brine shrimp or baby Daphnia. But I have never seen one injure even the smallest fry and they are fascinating denizens in their own right. I seem to have at least 3 species of hydra in the tank. Green ones, black ones, and pale orange ones. Or maybe they are just morphs of the same species? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDukeAnumber1 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 I love seeing the big orange fry bellies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 21, 2020 Author Share Posted October 21, 2020 1 minute ago, TheDukeAnumber1 said: I love seeing the big orange fry bellies. Yes, every time I see that I feel like I am over the hump and the future looks bright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriskm Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 9 hours ago, Daniel said: I always have a lot of hydras in my aquariums and sometimes they can try my patience as you will see here. I am trying to feed the baby sparkling gouramis but the hydras can seemingly eat their weight in baby brine shrimp or baby Daphnia. But I have never seen one injure even the smallest fry and they are fascinating denizens in their own right. I seem to have at least 3 species of hydra in the tank. Green ones, black ones, and pale orange ones. Or maybe they are just morphs of the same species? That is some awesome close-up video! And that hydra has a hollow leg--much like my teen-age boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spewing_nonsense_ Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Yo that's so cool you got different colors, I really want a few hydra to keep for myself bc I'm weird lol, I also want leeches and planaria but that's besides the point haha. But I wonder if you tried taking some of just one type of color variant and putting it in an aquarium on it's own and feeding it from time to time when you make your rounds, if it multiplies will it make the exact same color or will it spit out different colors? Bc if its it's own species it should spit out just that one color but if they're the same species just color morphs then by this point after having been in the same tank it should have the genetics of multiple colors and spit out 2 or more colors. That's just my thoughts on finding out tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Dare Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Really nice video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted October 22, 2020 Administrators Share Posted October 22, 2020 I have the same experience where I’ve never seen hydra do farm to my fry yet. Good news is that sparkling gouramis should eat hydra when they grow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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