I will be getting

[lucky62]

I ordered some plants over the INTERNET and should be getting them soon .

Anyway , does anyone have a recommendation for a safe dip ?

I don't want to add them right away , I could keep them in a quarantine tank for couple of weeks .

I hate to sound paranoid , but who knows what these plants could be harboring , aside from snails .

A dip or some kind of rinse makes sense to me , What do you guys and girls do ?

Thanks in advance .

 

[Discomafia]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=57711

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http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=61621

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HTH

 

[lucky62]

So a 3 to 4 minute dip in a 1 part bleach to 19 parts water is good.

Anyone use the peroxide ? Will it kill parasites ?

 

[Discomafia]

I don't know what will happen to the fish because of the peroxide tho.

 

[lucky62]

I don't know what will happen to the fish because of the peroxide tho.

Me either .

I would dip the plants , and put them in an empty tank for like a week , so the fish won't be exposed .

 

[Dubby]

I have heard of potassium permanganate dip. Can you use peroxide as well?

 

[lucky62]

I have heard of potassium permanganate dip. Can you use peroxide as well?

what have you used ?

 

[lucky62]

Well I got them , anyone else have any ideas ?, or a good experience here .

Right now they are in a 10 gal with no fish .

water wistiria , dwarf sag , anubias coffeefolia , cork screw val , and a criptocoryne[ lutea? ].

Would vinegar do anything ?


I have clorox and peroxide , I just don't want to do anything I'll regret .

[ like kill my plants , or add pathogens to an otherwise stable aquarium].

Thanks .

 

[Dwarfs]

no luck yet . (lucky62)


My dad must have forgot to log me out

 

[cometcattle]

Did you get these plants from a reputable source?

I don't think I'd be dipping them in anything. Especially since they are in quarrentine.

Maybe put a few of your feeders in the 10g with the plants if your paranoid.

The only time I dipped a plant was when I bought a nice Java fern from a tank that looked like it had the start of ich (not a good LFS, but they had a few nice cheap ferns ). All I did was dip it in one of their saltwater tanks. Other than that, I just rinse them in de-clorinated water and I never had a problem.

 

[lucky62]

Did you get these plants from a reputable source?

I don't think I'd be dipping them in anything. Especially since they are in quarrentine.

Maybe put a few of your feeders in the 10g with the plants if your paranoid.

The only time I dipped a plant was when I bought a nice Java fern from a tank that looked like it had the start of ich (not a good LFS, but they had a few nice cheap ferns ). All I did was dip it in one of their saltwater tanks. Other than that, I just rinse them in de-clorinated water and I never had a problem.

I bought them on line [ sight unseen ], I guess I'll keep them were they are for a week or 2 or more , I will have to look and see what I can put in there with them .

with the plants I also got some Malayan snails , we had to treat every tank for nematodes that live in the fishes digestive track ,I think the treatment [ for cattle and sheep ]effectively eliminated my entire subterranean work crew of burrowing snails. Before that treatment we tried Paragon , that killed about 25% of my plants .

We visibly had them in one tank ,and signs of illness in another , but because we use the same nets in all the tanks [ like 12 ] the prudent thing to do was treat them all .

In all the time I've been keeping fish I never had anything like these nematodes

I don't think I'll ever run out of java fern , It's the best [IMO]

paranoid , maybe a little

Thanks comet .

 

[Dubby]

lucky62:

This link may help disinfect plants

I have had no problems with my supplier and I dont have any fish of very high value. So I dont bother.