New plant quarantine/introduction routine

[jennandjuicetm]

Somewhere, some time I read an article about quarantining new plants and using no lights the first week, 10 hours the second week, ad 12 hours the third week with a full dose of certs the second two weeks. Does anyone have any routines like this for new plants?

 

[Mebbid]

I just trim dying leaves and stick it in my display imho no lights for a week could stress an already stressed plant and cause further complications.

 

[Coyne]

I've never QT'd plants either. My LFS has their plants in a separate area, so there's not much chance that there'll be anything besides snails hitching a ride.
I'm not sure what depriving new plants of light is meant to accomplish. An attempt to kill off algae, maybe?


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[jennandjuicetm]

Makes sense that going without lights would stress them. Theoretically could one set up a quarantine tank with assasin snails to keep pest snails out of their main tank?

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[jennandjuicetm]

Never mind, just learned that assassins can breed pretty rapidly, too.

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[Mebbid]

Never mind, just learned that assassins can breed pretty rapidly, too.

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Assassins breeding is far from a quick process. They take a while to build up a population and can be sold whereas other snails cant. I'd recommend them.

Makes sense that going without lights would stress them. Theoretically could one set up a quarantine tank with assasin snails to keep pest snails out of their main tank?

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Theoretically, yes. But there's no guarantees. It's pretty much accepted that planted tanks are going to have snails. You will only have a population explosion if you overfeed though so it's really not anywhere near as bad as people think.

 

[Coyne]

Also, why wouldnt you just put the assassin snails in the main tank and skip the whole step of keeping plants in a quarantine tank with assassin snails to get rid of the pest snails?
You're over thinking things. Ive been there (and will likely be there again sometime).

 

[jennandjuicetm]

Mostly because I am an over thinker. Lol


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[schoeplein]

Hydrogen peroxide dips have kept everything except algae out of my tank. I have zero snails in my tank. A couple minutes fully submerged in a 50/50 mix of water+3% h2o2. After that, I just plant and resume normal tank operation/lighting.

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[Plantaholic]

Mostly because I am an over thinker. Lol


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Better than the alternatives!

I like snails, they are little bonuses with plants! Unlike plecos that create more waste then they remove, and SAE's that are like a Nascar in a skating ring, snails scoot along and eat all the stuff I don't want in my tank(extra food, algae) for FREE!


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