arenaranger
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Jun 5, 2011
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Hello,
I have soaked two of my artificial plant in a bleach mixture about 1 part bleach to 10 parts hot water. They have never been cleaned in three years
And have come up really really good. I never have really had an algae problem but the plants were getting to the point that they were looking grungy.
After I removed them from the bleach mixture I rinsed the heck out of them for like five minutes under the tap with hot water. I now have them sitting in an bucket of fresh hot water with two capfuls of prime mixed in. That is a pretty heavy mixture of prime. I have read a bit about making sure that you can't smell the bleach on the plants but my hands and even the house smell like bleach right now so it is hard to tell if they smell like it or not.
How do you know when it is o.k. to remove the plants and place them back into the aquarium? Will the prime remove any trace of bleach and neutralize it?
Thanks for the help as always.
I have soaked two of my artificial plant in a bleach mixture about 1 part bleach to 10 parts hot water. They have never been cleaned in three years
And have come up really really good. I never have really had an algae problem but the plants were getting to the point that they were looking grungy.
After I removed them from the bleach mixture I rinsed the heck out of them for like five minutes under the tap with hot water. I now have them sitting in an bucket of fresh hot water with two capfuls of prime mixed in. That is a pretty heavy mixture of prime. I have read a bit about making sure that you can't smell the bleach on the plants but my hands and even the house smell like bleach right now so it is hard to tell if they smell like it or not.
How do you know when it is o.k. to remove the plants and place them back into the aquarium? Will the prime remove any trace of bleach and neutralize it?
Thanks for the help as always.