Bleach dipping plants

[Fishobsessed7]

I collected some duck weed from a pond and I wanted to know how to bleach dip it to kill of all the possible parasites and stuff that's in them

 

[Coyne]

I believe you want a water to bleach ratio of about 20:1 and just dip them for around 10 seconds.
I'll add that I did this to some Golden Nesae (Nesaea pedicellata) to treat some persistent green algae and it ended up killing. I use hydrogen peroxide now... although other than snails there's not a whole lot that's going to get introduced to your tank via plants.

 

[Fishobsessed7]

So you would recommend using hydrogen peroxide instead?

 

[Coyne]

I just think that different plants might react differently to the bleach dip. Ive never had duckweed or any plant that I didnt purchase from a store though, so maybe bleach would be fine. I suppose if it did die, then you could just go back to the pond and get some more.

 

[MonkeyMonk86]

All the plants suffer from all the dips. The safest is the potassium permanganate ( Buyable at Amazon).

I have had snails live through all 3 dips done sequentially. peroxide dip, followed by Clorox dip ( 19 H2O: 1 Clorox), followed by Potassium Permanganate dip. ( if doing sequential dips rinse very well between because of reaction between the chemicals )

Also, after the dip or dips, you should QT the plants for 45 days to allow any surviving eggs to hatch. ( the eggs are what survived the 3 sequential dips on my plants. )


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[Fishobsessed7]

All the plants suffer from all the dips. The safest is the potassium permanganate ( Buyable at Amazon).

I have had snails live through all 3 dips done sequentially. peroxide dip, followed by Clorox dip ( 19 H2O: 1 Clorox), followed by Potassium Permanganate dip. ( if doing sequential dips rinse very well between because of reaction between the chemicals )

Also, after the dip or dips, you should QT the plants for 45 days to allow any surviving eggs to hatch. ( the eggs are what survived the 3 sequential dips on my plants. )


(Friend of Bill W., One day at a time)

Ok that sounds good I'll try that because I dipped them in the peroxide and the little bugs in them didn't die