Hydroxs for killing hydroids

Lonny · Jun 14, 2016

Has anyone ever heard of or used this stuff to get rod of hydroids?
http://www.fishtothenth.com/hydroxs.htm
Love to hear everyone's thoughts and advice. Thanks

Diesel · Jun 14, 2016

I've heard about it but not really the results.
Maybe the squad can fill in here as I can't tell you much about it.
I had them a long tome ago but the only way to get rid of them completely is treating your rock out the tank.
I've heard also hobbyist using dewormer on them.

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Sabellafella · Jun 14, 2016

@twilliard know a remedy that should help you out if your up to it

twilliard · Jun 14, 2016

Indeed a way to eliminate hydroids (dependant upon species ) is the use of fenbendazole readily available as "fish Bendazole "

twilliard · Jun 14, 2016

This is what it looks like

Lonny · Jun 14, 2016

I've heard the ones I have called digitate. The long thing string looking kind. Thanks twilliard! How do I use this product?

Leslie Tabor · Jun 14, 2016

Ok I am going to hop in on this because I have a plethora of these annoying things! Is this stuff safe for the rest of my corals?

twilliard · Jun 14, 2016

Yes those are what we call "digitate" hydroids although there is no conclusive species name as of now.
Fenbendazole takes care of these but there is a lot of information involved for consideration.
For instance depending on tank style and water flow snails such as turbos will require a few months before adding to the tank.
Hold on and I will get you my thread on this...

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/here-it-is-fenbendazole-use-against-hydroids.214950/

Lonny · Jun 14, 2016

twilliard said:
Yes those are what we call "digitate" hydroids although there is no conclusive species name as of now.
Fenbendazole takes care of these but there is a lot of information involved for consideration.
For instance depending on tank style and water flow snails such as turbos will require a few months before adding to the tank.
Hold on and I will get you my thread on this...

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/here-it-is-fenbendazole-use-against-hydroids.214950/

Awesome thank you very much! So does the fish medicine need to be separated like the one for dogs?

twilliard · Jun 14, 2016

Lonny said:
Awesome thank you very much! So does the fish medicine need to be separated like the one for dogs?

No not at all. It should be crushed up though into a fine powder.

Lonny · Jun 14, 2016

That's way better than pulling all the coral for seven days! I'm gonna give it a shot twilliard. I will admit I've been rolling the dice since I started not having a QT. I've been lucky and this will give me the perfect opportunity to set one up finally! Thanks again man I really appreciate the help!

SantaMonicaHelp · Jun 14, 2016

Hope you get it solved!

-JN

twilliard · Jun 14, 2016

Fenbendazole will solve it

Lonny · Jun 14, 2016

twilliard said:
Fenbendazole will solve it

Whoops one last question. I have about 175gls of water to treat and a bta in there as well. Your write up said you used 4 grams. What is that power gallon in your system, and will the nem be alright? I just ordered 12 250mlg packs of it. Thanks

twilliard · Jun 14, 2016

Lonny said:
Whoops one last question. I have about 175gls of water to treat and a bta in there as well. Your write up said you used 4 grams. What is that power gallon in your system, and will the nem be alright? I just ordered 12 250mlg packs of it. Thanks

There is confusion on that 4mg part. I have to go correct this as it was 4g packets I had to seperate. This was before I found the pure form of fenbendazole.
It comes down to 1.5mg per gallon so 3/4 packet of fish Bendazole will treat your whole tank volume.
Please be aware of the affected corals and snails.
A quick cleanup is needed for rapid introduction of snails.