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mudboots · 07-08-2009, 07:08 AM

Getting back to the original post, I collected three Echinodours berteroi in "The Wild" that were in a shallow that was drying up. They were covered in algae and algal goo in general. I gently agitated them with my fingertips in a 1:40 solution of bleach water (1 Tblspn bleach to 2.5 cups water) for about 2 or 3 minutes and then rinsed thoroughly in tap water, letting them soak in some clean water for a few minutes to get the chlorine out of their system a little. They seem to be doing well after 4 days in the NPT with no algal growth.

The fact that most of the leaves at collection time were emergent might have helped, since they are a little tougher than the more tender submergent vegetation.

07-08-2009, 07:08 AM	#14 (permalink)
mudboots Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nacogdoches, Texas Posts: 317 iTrader Ratings: 7 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 18600	Re: removal of algae of plants w/o killing plants Getting back to the original post, I collected three Echinodours berteroi in "The Wild" that were in a shallow that was drying up. They were covered in algae and algal goo in general. I gently agitated them with my fingertips in a 1:40 solution of bleach water (1 Tblspn bleach to 2.5 cups water) for about 2 or 3 minutes and then rinsed thoroughly in tap water, letting them soak in some clean water for a few minutes to get the chlorine out of their system a little. They seem to be doing well after 4 days in the NPT with no algal growth. The fact that most of the leaves at collection time were emergent might have helped, since they are a little tougher than the more tender submergent vegetation.