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

[Paul Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

Cliff:

With any new fish I try to A) quarantine or B) place in tank farthest away from 
a big tank.  For plants I try and follow the same where loose plants float 
around for a few days in a smaller tank.  There is always a fear of a pest 
entering the tank as per the old "my plants are snail free or you get the 
snails free!" saying but I like the snails since they have established a 
population equilibrium in all of my tanks.

So in short, a quarantine tank is always a good thing and now is the time for 
the General Auction.  Package your plants moist in a zip lock bag and try to 
minimize the quantity of new water when you transfer into your tanks.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12th, 11 am GSAS.org!

-Paul

On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Susan Welenofsky wrote:

> 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
>
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> 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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