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February 28th 05, 05:26 PM
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"Richard Sexton" wrote in message ... In article , Dave S wrote: How can I sterilise newly purchased plants before adding them to my aquarium? Against procaryotic alge: peroxide 1:10 for 15 mins. Against green algae: bleach 1:20 for 4 minutes Against everything: copper sulphate. I'm unsure of the dose. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mercedes Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Killies, killi.net, Crypts, aquaria.net 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Old wris****ches http://watches.list.mbz.org although I have beached many plants in the 1:20 solution I would not recommend it or at least for that long for many plants including crypts and fine leafed plants. You may want to limit that time for no more than 2 minutes and even then expect losses. Rick 
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