Plant pot, help!!

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ferco

ferco

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hi there, just wondering, im planning on using an up-turned plant pot for my fish tank.. now, do i just have to boil it to get rid of any germs and stuff... or do i need to coat it in something?? thanks in advance
 
Clay pots are fine, as long as they are clean.
 
ewurm said it best ......... use clay pot that r clean no need to boil them ...don't use any thing painted unless you knows it's fish safe
 
Stop reiterating what I say! You'll be sorry as I am wrong often and state random things as facts! :ROFL:
 
i got a clay pot today, i was just wondering, would putting it in the dishwasher clean it well... would there be any bad chemicals from the soap and stuff... would it be ok to go in the fish tank... thanks
 
If you're going to wash it in the dishwasher, don't use soap, unless the pot is coated, and even then, be careful. Even though clay is thick, it's also very porous. Soap residue could stay inside the pot. I would just scrub it good in the sink with hot water and chuck it in. :thumbsup:
 
I just let mine soak in a bucket of water for about an hour to saturate them, then like the man said 'chuck 'em in.
Cheap terracotta ones from garden centres are great, I've even got a strawberry pot with the bottom gently taped out, in my 320gal.
 
I don't know if I had the wrong type of clay pots, but mine turned my water brown for the first few days. In a brackish tank so I don't know if that had anything to do with the change. No other effects to the water parameters so I didn't take them out.
 
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