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Sterlilizing plants
Lime-It is a product that Arizona Aquatic Gardens promotes as being useful in
cleaning the plants of parasites, disease etc. (Obviously contains lime). I
was also told that a solution of alum and water will accomplish this. I
cannot testify to the effectiveness of either one. Perhaps someone else has
experience with either of these?
Sylvia
<< >My lfs often carries some interesting plants that aren't often found >in
>Oklahoma (not exactly the mecca for aquarium enthusiasts). Many >of the
>plants I bring back from the store are from tanks that have >fish that are
>ill. Since I can't find a wide variety elsewhere, I >need to sterilize the
>plants prior to introduction into a tank. When >I was first starting out
>in the hobby about a year ago, I just rinsed >off the plants and in they
>went into the tank. Unfortunately, after >such an incidence, a number of
>my prized rams started dying. It was >depressing watching them slowly keel
>over one by one. Now, I've >learned my lesson and want to do it correctly.
> I'm reluctant to use >bleach because most of my plants melted the last
>time I tried this. >Therefore, my other alternative would be the use of
>potassium >permanganate. This is especially important since I started a
>planted >discus tank. If you could pass along the info, I would be very
> >appreciative.
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