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	Got rid of my plants
AquaClear_Fan Hobbyist Posts: 52 Kudos: 25 Votes: 6 Registered: 27-Jan-2007	I got so tired of having to clean plastic plants that i got rid of them. I find them a real pain to clean for now on all I will use is decorative rocks. Anybody else find it a pain to clean all the plastic plants. 17 years experience with freshwater.
Posted 07-Jan-2008 07:21
brandeeno Mega Fish Posts: 929 Kudos: 636 Registered: 13-Sep-2007	get some sanils and some algae/waste eating fishies (corries, ottos...etc)... they should stay generally clean then... \\\\\\\"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of the cure\\\\\\\"
Posted 07-Jan-2008 08:11
fishsage Hobbyist Tank You Daddy. Posts: 103 Kudos: 53 Votes: 16 Registered: 08-Dec-2007	Bleach dip and a lot of rinsing, and some more rinsing, and good to go. Now, that said, it seems that the "cheap" plastic plants seem more e to brown algae. BigAls has a great line of plants that are anchored to slate,and I have had fabulous luck with them. 55G -5x Bosemani, 3x Emerald Cory,3x Red Rainbow, 3x Turquoise Rainbow. 20G-Empty. 10G -4x Danio 3x Cory Fry 1 Gold Mystery Snail. 10G- 1x CAE, 2x Tetra 1x ADF
Posted 07-Jan-2008 19:32
ScottF Fish Addict Addiction Hurts!! Posts: 542 Kudos: 330 Votes: 355 Registered: 28-May-2007	go live man, go live! you have got to go live!! don't be intimidated, go live!!! do your homework, and go live! lol I was afraid to do live plantings... So far, other than some brown algae like what you're talking about mine are doing just great. I started with plastics and they looked ok. but, nothing looks like live plants, like live plants do!
Posted 08-Jan-2008 03:01
wish-ga Mega Fish Dial 1800-Positive-Posts Posts: 1198 Kudos: 640 Registered: 07-Aug-2001	Edited by wish-ga Yes. I have fish that don't come from planted regions.... mbuna, shellies. Sneaky I used to consider having the plants on rotation. One set in tank, another shelved. Switch when doing water changes. None are in long enough to accumulate yuck. Actually, will take my own advice & apply to the shells from my shellie set up. Glad we had this chat..... wanders off ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ My fish blow kisses at me all day long ~~~
Posted 11-Jan-2008 04:05


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