bushynose

I keep planted African root-wood with planted with Anubis. BBA has seemed to take hold on my wood and partially on my plants. I can separate plants from the wood but what would i need to do to the wood in order to rid it from the algae. It can be completely dried out and not loose its ability to sink. Also i heard that Anubis can handle some forms of chemical baths and still manage to survive. Can someone advise.

thanks

Paul

Hawkeye

Anubias can be dipped in a bleach bath 19/1 (water/bleach) What I do with wood before I start a new aquascape or if it has algae on it is soak it in 5gal bucket with bleach and water. Then I soak in just water. Make sure you rinse off your Anubias and only leave in the bath for about 2 min. What I do to clean up plants after a dip is put them in a tank I use to raise Mollies. Baby Mollies will clean up an Anubias in less then a week after a dip.

Hawk

trenac

I have not tried this but have been told that peroxide can be used to get rid of BBA on wood.

plantbrain

Any strong oxidizer will work, permangnate, Bleach, O3, O2, H2O2, etc.
I'd brush on whatever you have handy on the the non living material for a few minutes and carefully dip the Anubias or brush it on.

Add more CO2 if you are using CO2.

Regards,
Tom Barr