A fish friendly way of cleansing pests in quarantine tank

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aidenboyjon

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Okay, so I posted this question but got no comments so I wanna ask in a simpler way.
What is an effective way people have dealt with pests, bacteria, etc. when quarantining plants before adding them to an aquarium?
Something that is safe for when I add the plants to the main tank. Something safe for skin fish, ancient fish, and inverts.

The reason I ask is, I understand quarantining things to prevent the spreading of these things, but what do you do once you have identified that they are there or not?

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So i am getting a bigger quarintine tank, mainly because I want to start getting more low light no maintenance plants and i need something that'll fit them. My post is mainly asking, how do you deal with any unwanted guests or other issues when you identify them on your quarintined plants. What setup is best for this?
I planned on a 60cm with a HoB, heater, bright led light, and half dirt floor with a dense sponge as a divider since its just for plants. Is this adequate? what do I add for treatingment if/when I've discovered said pests? Something safe for inverts, skin fish, and ancient fish.
 
I always throw plants through a bleach or potassium permanganate solution soak before adding them to any tanks. This usually kills most snail eggs or hitchhikers that may be in them. I give them a rinse before adding them to any aquarium. I would recommend quarantining in a separate tank as many medications to properly destroy pest snails or bugs (such as copper) can be harsh on inverts and some fish. I hope this is what you were asking about
 
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I think Hendre Hendre has pretty much the best all-around simple solution, wouldn't really add to what he said, it was pretty spot on and should cleanse the plants from most if not all parasites, I keep quite a few sensitive fish, I do this and have no complaints about it, I also use Dr Tims waste-away, it's pretty effective to ensure the tank is healthy and clean
 
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Hendre said:
I always throw plants through a bleach or potassium permanganate solution soak before adding them to any tanks. This usually kills most snail eggs or hitchhikers that may be in them. I give them a rinse before adding them to any aquarium. I would recommend quarantining in a separate tank as many medications to properly destroy pest snails or bugs (such as copper) can be harsh on inverts and some fish. I hope this is what you were asking about
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what medications/chemicals are recommended for this quarantine tank? As my first post quote suggested, this quarantine tank is strictly going to be for plants, so the risk to fish is minimal in that tank. The only thing to keep in mind that any plants that go in this tank will be going in with said fish so they can't linger afterwards. Or is the bleach/ potassium permanganate soak effective enough? How long would you recommend the soak to go on for?
 
aidenboyjon said:
what medications/chemicals are recommended for this quarantine tank? As my first post quote suggested, this quarantine tank is strictly going to be for plants, so the risk to fish is minimal in that tank. The only thing to keep in mind that any plants that go in this tank will be going in with said fish so they can't linger afterwards. Or is the bleach/ potassium permanganate soak effective enough? How long would you recommend the soak to go on for?
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A few things you could do is have proper lighting and heating, rinse it like a bunch and thoroughly and after you do so, check all up and down it for eggs and such, and have heard of people and seen people dip plants in hydrogen peroxide, BE CAREFUL it can just as easily kill your plant as it does help it, but other things like MinnFinn, and with the hydrogen peroxide I think its like 5%ish maybe a little more or less to around 4L.

Btw I am not the greatest plant keeper, as I have really only been dabbling in plants for like a few months to a year now, and I cant not make it out how good things like MinnFinn and Waste-Away are, if you don't have them you need to, waste-away is pretty expensive, from where I am it's like 60ish dollars + shipping good for something like 300 gallons and maybe even some fish? I know there are some fish that are pretty good at eating parasites and snails, I hope this helps.
 
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I'm sorry, it seemed like I meant to mix the hydrogen peroxide and minn finn together, DO NOT DO THAT!!!! Only use one at a time, please
 
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Don't mix treatments obviously. Once dipped it's easiest to leave them under observation for a bit. The chance of introducing fish pathogens is probably quite low, and you would see snails quickly after introduction. I may have missed something so do reply to my message if you have further questions.
 
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