My banana plant has gone crazy and I have a bunch of babies now. Unfortunately they are in my 60G where I am currently fighting BBA. Is there a way to make sure they don't have BBA so I can give them away? Thanks.
Banana plants and BBA
- Thread starter jackiomy
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You could take them out, treat them directly with Hydrogen Peroxide or do a 1:20 bleach dip, and then put them into another tank/container for a while to make sure that no more BBA is growing on them. If you don't see new BBA after 10 days/2 weeks, they are probably safe.
I have a 3 gallon glass jug that I use for things like this. I usually just sit it where it gets some window light with an airstone running and QT the plants in it to see if I got all of the algae.
I have a 3 gallon glass jug that I use for things like this. I usually just sit it where it gets some window light with an airstone running and QT the plants in it to see if I got all of the algae.
I've filled a sprayer bottle with hydrogen peroxide. Spray the plant. Let it sit for 5 minutes and back in the tank. That little concentration of Hydrogen Peroxide won't hurt anything. The algae over the next day or so will turn reddish, then whitish and die off.
The only time that I used Hydrogen Peroxide was when I treated the plants with a syringe directly in the QT jug. It did work good. The BBA turns pink, and then just falls off. I'm a little weary of doing it in my tank directly, but from what I've been reading, if you do a WC the next day it dosen't do too much damage. You just have to release it with a syringe (with the needle taken off) right next to the algae so it is still at a high concentration where you release it. After it disperses into the tank the chemical composition of it changes, but it does most if its work right next to where you release it. I don't think that you can dip it directly.
I normally use a bleach dip and depending on the thickness of the leaves of the plant I am treating, leave it in for 2-3 minutes. Then I rinse them in a bucket of water with 5 times the normal amount of dechlorinator. The plants may wilt and brown for a few days, but all of mine have eventually recovered.
I normally use a bleach dip and depending on the thickness of the leaves of the plant I am treating, leave it in for 2-3 minutes. Then I rinse them in a bucket of water with 5 times the normal amount of dechlorinator. The plants may wilt and brown for a few days, but all of mine have eventually recovered.
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If you're buying the OTC hydrogen peroxide it's only 3-6% concentration. It breaks down into water H2O with an extra Oxygen ion. When I moved to Florida in 83 I put all my fish into coolers and every few hours added a little to the water to add a bit of oxygen to it. Can't really say if it was the peroxide but they did all make it down here. Health food stores, from my understanding, will have it in a 35% solution.
As an aside, I add it to my shrimp bucket while getting to my fishing spot.
As an aside, I add it to my shrimp bucket while getting to my fishing spot.
As long as your filters are on Direct Dosing of H2o2 is fine with a syringe AND you don't over do it OBVIOUSLY.
You can read up some here from a previous post.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?243338-BBA-amp-Excel&highlight=
You can read up some here from a previous post.
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?243338-BBA-amp-Excel&highlight=