Kind of urgent situation

[Nabbig2]

Okay, I'm going to the lfs because my uncle is gonna get me some fish for christmas. I think I've chose guppies over cons, not 100% sure though.

Anyway, I have two plastic plants that aren't in use. See, they were in my 10g before, and it had some horrible infection that made the tank smell like rotten eggs, and it would never go away. What is a good way to be sure to clean the plant so that it has no infection? Hot water or something? I really don't want to lose the new fish I'm getting, especially because of some annoying infection. Thanks.

 

[Jkoziatek]

either use bleach... and then make sure u rinse / soak em good... or depends ont he plastic u could boil em, or try using vinegar... but i think the best way would be bleach... it will kill pretty much everything!

 

[convict94]

yea the vinegar trick works really well just put the plants in a bowl and pour some water in it and some vinegar. that should work well enough to kill the bacteria.

 

[Nabbig2]

yea the vinegar trick works really well just put the plants in a bowl and pour some water in it and some vinegar. that should work well enough to kill the bacteria.

Okay, so the vinegar won't harm the fish when I put the plant back in, right?

 

[Ianab]

Okay, so the vinegar won't harm the fish when I put the plant back in, right?

Rinse them well before you put them back in the tank, but a trace of vinegar wont harm the fish anyway.

Ian

 

[Nabbig2]

Rinse them well before you put them back in the tank, but a trace of vinegar wont harm the fish anyway.

Ian

Okay, thanks then. Tommorow I will clean it with vinegar. It's very late now here...

 

[Alistriwen]

Most aquatic bacteria cannot survive outside of water, let alone aquatic diseases. That said still a good bet to bleach them.

 

[Bderick67]

Vinegar can alter the pH in your tank so rinse well. I myself use bleach a 10 to 1 solution, then rinse well and let completely dry or put in a bucket of water and doudle dose with a dechlorinator.