I just bought some aquatic plants today but I havent planted them in yet. So are there any other methods besides the bleach/potassium treatment?

A little help please? ; Can a salt dip knock off all the bacteria from aquatic plants? I heard of something like that somewhere.

Sorry for making another topic on that subject since I made one in Goldfish Plants but I need a few quick answers. I bought some plants today, and I just read that you have to sterilize them with bleach/PP. But what if you don't have any bleach or PP?

Can a salt dip knock off all bacteria from the purchased plants?

Thank you and sorry for making a similar topic but in this section of the forum. =(

assuming your planting fake plants, try soaking them in farely warm water for a few mins i guess. boiling them would just melt them.

diluted bleach would work too...just be sure to rinse well and let it completely dry before putting into tank...

not really a fake plant expert, but thats all i could think of now

Oh dear, sorry I didn't specify... I bought real plants. ^^;

No - I think a salt dip will just get into the root system and kill your plants. If you can, try and get some bleach when you can and give them a 1:20 dip

Ive heard that methylene blue dip can work as well so i guess 10 drops into a gallon of water and leave overnight might work.

Any thoughts anyone as i dont know if it can work or not??

Sorry I can't be of help with an alternative suggestion to bleach or PP but I wanted to jump in with some extra advice.

When you do sterilise your plants you should leave them in quarantine in a bucket of dechlorinated water afterwards for about 5 days and then give them another dip in the bleach or PP solution.

This is to kill parasitic eggs or cysts that may have hatched since the first dip and hence weren't killed by it.

Good luck.