Bleach Dip

[soulFish]

I've heard of people dipping fake plants, and ornaments in a bleach dip to kill hair algae. How would I go about doing this? I would want to make sure the bleach would not leach back into the display tank.

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[Gr8KarmaSF]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147369&highlight=bleach

 

[FraggleRock]

We also do it with orchids to kill fungus, but it's a dilute solution.

 

[Camshaft Ramrod]

When I was Manager at Petsfart, I would have my minions bleach the ornaments very frequently. In one sink I would have rocks, ornaments and plants soaking in Bleach and cold water. And in the other sink i would have the finished ones soaking in Dechlorinater and Hot water. I used anywhere from around 15ml of bleach per 20 gallons to 90ml. As long as long as I put in a bookoo amount of dechlorinater and hot water on them afterwards, I was fin. Make sure and smell them when you think the're done. There should be NO bleach smell.

Letting them dry out in the sun works also. I would do this if my employees were slacking and ALL of the ornaments needed cleaning. One full day of the algae drying out and dying in the sun with a quick scrub or pressure wash and your good to go.

 

[soulFish]

by dechlorinater do you guys just mean stress coat?

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

by dechlorinater do you guys just mean stress coat?

I would use something like Prime that will actually last longer due to how concentrated the dechlorinator is

 

[proaquatics]

i soak, then rinse, then dry, then rinse and then use lol