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mudboots · 07-10-2009, 07:42 AM

Regarding the posted reply on July 8 about soaking Ech. ber. in bleach water - Emergent leaves (which are now submerged) have since become chlorotic and necrotic, but are being replaced by healthy submergent leaves. Plants seem to be doing well.

I tried this same bleach-water solution on some other plants from "The Wild" that same evening and have noticed no effect yet. These were collected just for kicks, and include one piece of Ludwigia peploides, two stems of Hydrilla verticillata (which is illegal to possess in this state by the way, so it will be immediately destroyed), and three stems of Ceratophyllum echinatum (I think).

07-10-2009, 07:42 AM	#15 (permalink)
mudboots Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Nacogdoches, Texas Posts: 322 iTrader Ratings: 7 iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 18850	Re: removal of algae of plants w/o killing plants Regarding the posted reply on July 8 about soaking Ech. ber. in bleach water - Emergent leaves (which are now submerged) have since become chlorotic and necrotic, but are being replaced by healthy submergent leaves. Plants seem to be doing well. I tried this same bleach-water solution on some other plants from "The Wild" that same evening and have noticed no effect yet. These were collected just for kicks, and include one piece of Ludwigia peploides, two stems of Hydrilla verticillata (which is illegal to possess in this state by the way, so it will be immediately destroyed), and three stems of Ceratophyllum echinatum (I think).