Re: plant auction preparation

[Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com>]

This is great to know!!!

Even bacterial diseases you think we are fine after a week, or would you 
let it be longer for bacteria.  I would think aeromonas could live 
forever, but then it is EVERYWHERE ANYWAY.  You are the fish disease 
expert though, I do not pretend to know anything about fish!!!

thanks for answering

Kathy



On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, steev ward wrote:

> 
> It's easy to transfer hydra, leeches, snails, worms, etc., on plants, but I
> think the chances of transmitting  most fish pathogens that way are pretty 
> low,
> and get lower every day the plants are away from fish. The plants get blamed
> quite frequently when we can't come up with any better ideas.
> 
> Still, if you want to be especially cautious you could keep the plants in a 
> tank
> free of fish (even if the lighting isn't great) for a week, since almost no
> parasite can go that long without a host.
> 
> Rinsing the plants off with clean water actually does a great deal of good.
> 
> On the other hand: I've got plants I don't want to bring in because of the
> algae.
> 
> Steev
>