Silk Plant Cleaning

[nath1]

your help is needed!!
has anybody had any luck cleaning silk plants. i have a long ivy running the lengh of my tank and about half the depth and where it gets a couple of hours of natural sunlight in the mornings it has got some algea on it. does anybody have any tips on cleaning solutions i could use to get it clean again? a bloke at work suggested baby sterilizing tablets help but i am sure he is just mad!!!
thanks in advance
nath1

 

[madmom]

This may sound silly but I use a baby's toothbrush on the plastic plants. It may work for silk plants too. Just put it in a bucket of water and brush it carefully.

 

[Phaedra]

When my silk plants started showing that ugly brown gunk, I simply removed them from the tank, boiled some (cold) water, and then immersed them for a few minutes in the scalding water. My first attempt came out perfectly clean as soon as it touched the hot water- like magic!
One required a little bit of scrubbing in order to get the more persistent stains out, but other than that, it was a breeze and I didn't have to worry about adding a new chemical to my tank.

 

[nath1]

thankyou for the replies, i will try the boiling water first as im a lazy so and so an d if i have no luck i'll try the toothbrush.
again thankyou.
nath1