briscoe Posted January 2, 2016 Report Share Posted January 2, 2016 Looking for advice on the best way to treat plants before adding them to an aquarium. I'm in the process of completely restarting a 29 gallon CRS tank from scratch and will be buying all new plants. I'd really like to avoid getting any scuds, snails, worms, leeches, hydra, planaria, etc. in there at the start. Any advice you guys could give would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplepanda Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 Potassium permanganate – 1 gram/10 L H2O kills almost everything bar the plants, soak them for 10 mins max. Whatever route you choose do a quick test for a day or two in another container of water afterwards to see if you are hitchhiker free ... this will also reduce the chances of any Potassium permanganate left on the plants infiltrating your CRS tank which is a no no. Louie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pescador Posted January 3, 2016 Report Share Posted January 3, 2016 You might want to consider tissue cultured plants which are free of any pests. Mr. F, jem_xxiii and Purplepanda 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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