Plant Containg Whitespot?

[kakihara]

Hi,

I am looking to get a cutting of my girlfriends parents extremley fast growing plant for my tank. However, their tank has twice been infected by whitespot ... from the introduction of neon tetras both times.

What I'm wondering is, would there be a chance that the whitespot parasite could be on the plant and if I put it into my tank then the the tank could become infected?

Would you put it into your tank???

Any help would be appreciated

K

 

[modernhamlet]

How long ago did they have whitespot? If it's been more than 2-3 weeks (the life cycle of the ich cysts) then there's unlikely to be LOTS of ich on the plants. Fact is, ich exists in pretty much every aquarium out there, usually in its dormant form. It's only when the fish are stressed by other factors like bad water or travel that ich becomes an issue.

Either way, your safest bet would be to dip your new plants in a mild bleach solution and rinse them thoroughly before adding them to the tank.

 

[kakihara]

Cheers

How many parts bleach to water would we be talking about?

The whitespot is only gone I'd say 2 weeks.

K

 

[chishnfips]

found this link, its very informative. you can use a number of things to treat the plant with, but be wary of some of them.

for example: malachite and iodine might damage the plants too.

ich link

 

[@ombomb]

1 part bleach to 19 parts water, just minute or two in the solution and then a damn good rinse off and soak water with dechlorinator before adding to the tank.

 

[andywg]

How long ago did they have whitespot? If it's been more than 2-3 weeks (the life cycle of the ich cysts) then there's unlikely to be LOTS of ich on the plants. Fact is, ich exists in pretty much every aquarium out there, usually in its dormant form. It's only when the fish are stressed by other factors like bad water or travel that ich becomes an issue.

Either way, your safest bet would be to dip your new plants in a mild bleach solution and rinse them thoroughly before adding them to the tank.

Actually, ich is not present in just about every tank. It also has no dormant stage. This page has some very good info and explains why ich is not present in every tank.

 

[modernhamlet]

How long ago did they have whitespot? If it's been more than 2-3 weeks (the life cycle of the ich cysts) then there's unlikely to be LOTS of ich on the plants. Fact is, ich exists in pretty much every aquarium out there, usually in its dormant form. It's only when the fish are stressed by other factors like bad water or travel that ich becomes an issue.

Either way, your safest bet would be to dip your new plants in a mild bleach solution and rinse them thoroughly before adding them to the tank.

Actually, ich is not present in just about every tank. It also has no dormant stage. This page has some very good info and explains why ich is not present in every tank.

I stand corrected! Good to know!

 

[Synirr]

I'm glad somebody is working to put that myth to rest andywg, I hear it repeated all the time, but you'd think that if it were true, with as many tanks as I have I'd have had a random ich infecton by now

 

[Bignose]

Since we're now in agreement that ich is NOT is all water, and we know that ich has to have a fish host for it to live, that plant cutting can just be kept in a quarantine tank or even a bucket for a few days.

If there is any ich on it, so long as there is no fish, the ich's lifecycle will be broken in a few days, and the plant will be parasite-free.

The best cure is time, not necessarily all these bleach and chemical cures that may end up killing the plant.