Wild Plants

[black hills tj]

Hey,

Has anyone here removed(legally) plants from local lakes/ponds? How do you know what is safe? What are the odds of introducing some major nasty bacteria into your tank?

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Purrbox]

Quarentine, quarentine, quarentine. Just like for fish, you should quarentine plants if they come from a source you don't trust to be free of pests and contaminates. Further you can treat plants with a variety of dips to minimize the risks, but still when collecting from the wild I would definately want to quarentine the specimens.

 

[7Enigma]

30 second hydrogen peroxide dip (new bottle of peroxide to a couple gallons of water). Rinse immediately afterwards. This will remove all surface pathogens but a QT is still recommended in case there is a subdermal infestation (burrowed critter just waiting to come out).

 

[blazeyreef]

I have and it did ok for a few months but it kind of withered away, even though it was under mid-high light, and with CO2 injections..and doseing ferts.