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Tue Nov 29, 2011, 02:02 PM
#1
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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Tue Nov 29, 2011, 10:17 PM
#2
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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Tue Nov 29, 2011, 11:28 PM
#3
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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Tue Nov 29, 2011, 11:32 PM
#4
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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Wed Nov 30, 2011, 12:09 AM
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Medium Discus
But with snail rid as per bottle, then put in tank. Although I like the PP idea of colouring the eggs!
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Wed Nov 30, 2011, 12:09 AM
#6
Medium Discus
Bucket ( should have been there not But)mmm can't edit.
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