Bad Idea?

Evicene · 03-29-2008, 12:48 AM

i have a pond which naturally grew some nice looking plants in it... and i was thinking of cleaning them up and putting them in my tank... is this a bad idea?

emc7 · 03-29-2008, 01:20 AM

If you do this, quarantine first. Keep the plants in their own container for awhile. And maybe some sort of dip. You only want to bring in plants, not snails, hydra, or disease.

**TheOldSalt** · 03-29-2008, 07:03 AM

Yeah, like the plants at the petshop are SO much better...

Actually a dip is a good idea, but otherwise, pond plants usually do just fine in fishtanks after some adjustment.

Evicene · 03-29-2008, 04:34 PM

what do you mean by a dip? sorry, new to this!
i have actually quarantined them in a small tank... there are no more little critters comming out of them but the water is going a little acidic, how can i fix it? or do i just have to wait for them to adjust themselves?

trashion · 03-29-2008, 07:57 PM

Potassium Permanganate. Make up a solution of it and dip it for a little while. I'm not sure of the specifics though...

What I do is throw a capful of bleach into a bucket of water, dip the plants for 30 seconds, then rinse thoroughly.

Evicene · 03-29-2008, 09:47 PM

Isn't bleach more dangerous then the parsites that could b on it? lol

shade2dope · 03-29-2008, 09:58 PM

You can get rid of the bleach with aqua clear and rinsing.

**TheOldSalt** · 03-30-2008, 07:57 AM

The idea is to do this in a separate container. You don't expose any fish to bleach.

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03-29-2008, 01:20 AM	#2
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,562 User Feedback: (0)	If you do this, quarantine first. Keep the plants in their own container for awhile. And maybe some sort of dip. You only want to bring in plants, not snails, hydra, or disease.

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TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,010 User Feedback: (5)	Yeah, like the plants at the petshop are SO much better... Actually a dip is a good idea, but otherwise, pond plants usually do just fine in fishtanks after some adjustment.

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Evicene Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 User Feedback: (0)	what do you mean by a dip? sorry, new to this! i have actually quarantined them in a small tank... there are no more little critters comming out of them but the water is going a little acidic, how can i fix it? or do i just have to wait for them to adjust themselves?

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Evicene Fishy Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 User Feedback: (0)	Isn't bleach more dangerous then the parsites that could b on it? lol

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TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,010 User Feedback: (5)	The idea is to do this in a separate container. You don't expose any fish to bleach.

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