I ordered a mixed stem plant package from amazon, have used them before and the last times, plants arrived healthy, with warnings about possible snails. Fine by me.
This time, many arrived rotting (have emailed them, I'm blaming the heatwave), but going to try to save the rest. Problem is, the leaflet says
"Plants are incubated in a solution of 0.01% of the insecticide Buprafezin for one hour (please do not just drop these in a shrimp tank or with any other crustacean). To use these within a tank please wash in water with baking soda under light. These are treated to remove the insecticide but there are cases where this has not been fully removed causing casualties in crustacean."
Helpfully, it doesn't tell you how much to use, for how long.... Had I known about this, I don't think I'd have ordered from them again. I called about the rotting plants/insecticide, and she clearly wanted off the phone, said to soak the plants in baking soda under a good light for 24 hours?? She said the ratio they use, something like 19 parts water, but I'm not sure I caught it properly.
To make it worse, I don't have baking soda, I have biocarb of soda. Very nervous now about getting this wrong and killing my shrimp, have already lost a couple since starting medications for worms. @essjay, anyone, any ideas?
This time, many arrived rotting (have emailed them, I'm blaming the heatwave), but going to try to save the rest. Problem is, the leaflet says
"Plants are incubated in a solution of 0.01% of the insecticide Buprafezin for one hour (please do not just drop these in a shrimp tank or with any other crustacean). To use these within a tank please wash in water with baking soda under light. These are treated to remove the insecticide but there are cases where this has not been fully removed causing casualties in crustacean."
Helpfully, it doesn't tell you how much to use, for how long.... Had I known about this, I don't think I'd have ordered from them again. I called about the rotting plants/insecticide, and she clearly wanted off the phone, said to soak the plants in baking soda under a good light for 24 hours?? She said the ratio they use, something like 19 parts water, but I'm not sure I caught it properly.
To make it worse, I don't have baking soda, I have biocarb of soda. Very nervous now about getting this wrong and killing my shrimp, have already lost a couple since starting medications for worms. @essjay, anyone, any ideas?