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    ANUBIAS - DISINFECT

    Can anyone advise on how to disinfect an anubias of snails/snal eggs.
    I have just bought an anubias on driftwood and I want to make sure it is clean before I put it in my tank. I was told to add some aquarium salt 1gr/litre would do the trick if I left it in the solution for 2-3 days.
    Comments please.

    Ray

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    if you find a method please share, i used to use a double dose of sterizin by water life, but it was ineffective against eggs,

    a better method might be to grow them emersed for a week in a small spare fish tank so all the eggs and snails dry out

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    I have had some success using potassium permanganate. (Condies crystals by the old language). Grab a bucket of water, add enough PP to colour it a dark purple, throw plants in and add an airstone, keep it bubbling for a couple of hours. Everything I have read says 15mins is sufficient but I found that still left some alive enough to re-infest. However a couple of hours seems to work. Some delicate plants might not like this treatment, but most survive it fine, Anubias wouldn't be a problem. I then just rinse and put the plant in a quarantine tank for a couple of weeks and make sure no little snails develop. Cheers.

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    Oh and I forgot to mention, the condies will make any snail eggs go purple and make them easier to see, so you can just pick them off.

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    But with snail rid as per bottle, then put in tank. Although I like the PP idea of colouring the eggs!
    Cheers Kath

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    Bucket ( should have been there not But)mmm can't edit.
    Cheers Kath

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