RE: potassium permanganate & snails

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• Subject: RE: potassium permanganate & snails
• From: "KatzW" <katzw at starbase1_caltech.edu>
• Date: 1 Jul 1995 10:21:51 -0800

> From: u7211aa at sunmail_lrz-muenchen.de (Michael Irlbeck) Date: Mon, 26
> Jun 95 15:10:21 EDT Subject: Surface Sterilisation 
> 
> I usually make a nice pink solution and soak the plants for about 20
> to 30 minutes. Didn't get rid of the snails, however, so the
> concentration was probably too low. 

An overnight soak will eliminate snails, but will also burn the margins of
leaves...It might be possible to find a happy medium, but I was just cleaning
up bunch plants for use in spawning tanks, so I haven't tried.

Wendy

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