Newbie Disinfecting Plants

Aquaman

Aquaman

Large Fish
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Oct 22, 2002
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Hi, All

What is the best method, in your experience, for disinfecting plants from snail eggs and bacteria before putting them in a new tank?

I just bought some Potassium Permanganate - it comes in a small bottle in crystal form - any idea about how much to use i.e. how to dilute it?  Is Potassium Permanganate the best choice here?

Thanks for your assistance - much appreciated!

Regards.
 

Somonas

Somonas

Superstar Fish
#2
Oct 22, 2002
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I'd give them a quick dip in a bleach solution.   I believe it is 1 tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water, you might want to read the Javex bottle, to make sure...

dip it a few times in the bleach,  and then soak it in a bucket with lots of dechlorinator for a day... and you should be fine

...  actually you shouldn't have to disinfect plants from the LFS etc in the first place, they are pretty good - I have never seen a plant infected with bacteria, and the only plant I had snail eggs on was vallisernia, and the clown loach took care of that  :D

I have no idea what Potassium Permanganate is.
 

C

crissy7399

Large Fish
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Mar 9, 2006
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Hey Somonas,

What if your head wasn't screwed on right today, and you had a couple plants in the bleach and totally forgot to soak in dechlorinator before putting in the tank?

I can't believe I fogot to rinse them with the dechlorinator, I even knew I was to do that before putting them in, but somehow my 2 year old always distracts me and gets me to forget what I'm suppose to be doing!

I went ahead and put several drops into the tank as soon as I read your post. I just put the plants in there about and hour-two ago. I did rinse them off with just the tap water for a while, just forgot to use the dechlorinator.

Do you think it'll be okay? Thanks for your advice!
 

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