Re: [RML] chlorinating tanks & 'sterilizing' plants

Augie Eppler (augiee at bellsouth.net)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:34:08 -0500

I routinely use 2 oz (59.15 ml) of H2o2 (3% Hydrogen peroxide) in a 10
gallon (37.85 l) tank to sterilize plants. Kills algae, snails (expect
for MTS), just about everything. Still don't know about Myco.

Augie Eppler

uncle scott wrote:
>
> >I don't know of a safe sterilizing method against Myco. for plants...
>
> I am told that soaking plants in a gallon of water with a dissolved
> tablespoon of alum for 20 minutes will take out leaches, snails and some
> diseases. The only tricky part is making sure the alum is dissolved in a jar
> of warm water and added to the gallon first. Does anyone know if it would
> stop Myco.?
>
> Has anyone tried a bleach rinse (where the plants survived)?
>
> All the best,
>
> Scott