Re: [GSAS-Member] Plant treatment protocol for auction?

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

I would leave that up to the person who buys it. I just did a bleach
treatment on one of my tanks and killed most of my plants.

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Clifford Miller
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:00 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: [GSAS-Member] Plant treatment protocol for auction?


I was thinking about what plants I'm going to try to bring in to the
auction, and wanted some opinions about standard treatment for plants
heading in to the group (or out to non-members).

Does anyone bleach their auction items before bringing them in, or make
efforts to only select items from tanks free of "pests" (pond snails or
those little flat snails that have been brought up several times, etc)?

Is it better to kill off all the "surprise" microfauna that may be on a
plant to prevent algae or snail transfer even if it means killing off
shrimp/eggs/fry that may be along for the ride...?  Also curious to know
how many of you take the precaution of quarantining or bleaching the items
they purchase anyway?

Thanks!

Cliff

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