Hydra And Salt?

So I've ended up with a hydra infestation in my sponge filter. I removed as much as I can and switched out filters. Before I bring in Fenbendazole and possibly kill my snails as it's heavily planted and can't vac, I read somewhere that 3-5g of Aquarium Salt per 1 Liter is safe for shrimp and plants and that'll kill hydra as well. I just artificially hatched 36 eggs, so I'm concerned about the babies.

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From the German site translated:
"Hydras are very sensitive to common salt and die when applied at 3 to 5 g per 1 liter of water after three to five days of treatment, which is safe for aquarium dwellers."

Has anyone had experience with this?

 

I would NOT use salt.
I read nothing in the German report to say salt is safe with shrimp in the removal of hydra, she say she read it but dosnt go any further, she also says that mark states that h202 will not only kill hydra but also Ellobiopsidae, Mark never said that his statement was it MAY kill Ellobiopsidae, and that was said while he was doing tests on h2o2 and algae problems and I can tell you it as been tried on Ellobiopsidae and didn't work.
Hydra is sensitive to salt but I read nowhere as fact in any reports it is safe for shrimp, we do dip shrimp in salt but no longer than 30 seconds, this is entirely up to you but I would not advise on salt on a long term for any shrimp,
I used planaria zero with fantastic results and I made the mistake of leaving my snails in and luckily they lived but what I would advise is to take as many snails out for a week

 

I would NOT use salt.
I read nothing in the German report to say salt is safe with shrimp in the removal of hydra, she say she read it but dosnt go any further, she also says that mark states that h202 will not only kill hydra but also Ellobiopsidae, Mark never said that his statement was it MAY kill Ellobiopsidae, and that was said while he was doing tests on h2o2 and algae problems and I can tell you it as been tried on Ellobiopsidae and didn't work.
Hydra is sensitive to salt but I read nowhere as fact in any reports it is safe for shrimp, we do dip shrimp in salt but no longer than 30 seconds, this is entirely up to you but I would not advise on salt on a long term for any shrimp,
I used planaria zero with fantastic results and I made the mistake of leaving my snails in and luckily they lived but what I would advise is to take as many snails out for a week

I was pretty weary about it as well because no where other than these two sites say that salt had been effective so I went to ask. No Planaria and Planaria Zero aren't available where I am, however I do know that the active ingredient for No Planaria is betel nut palm extract, which I may have a lead on. Though, I wouldn't wanna prolong the duration of having hydra in my tank, so I'm likely just gonna push through with Fenbendazole and hope that my snails would weather it. Eitherway, I have pond snails and ramshorns, and most of what I read said that their snails survived the treatment.

Thanks for your input!

 

iv'e not used Fenbendazole so don't know how the snails would fair, but its worth catching as many as you can

 

Just an update, Fenbendazole worked incredibly well. No more Hydra to be seen.

 

How about the snails

 

How about the snails

The Pond Snails and Ramshorns are fine, too! They've multiplied in that span of time, as well so I had to remove them.

 

Glad it it all went ok