I'm starting to ge a bit of an algae build up on a large plastic plant that is proving stubborn to clean off. I'm looking for a good way to clean it. I was thinking of using a bleach dip, 1 part bleach to 19 parts water, give a good rinse and leave in some prime for a couple of hours, would this be ok?
whats the best way to clean plastic plants
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I have also used denture cleaning tablets for my plastic plants. Fill a bucket with warm-hot water add plants, and drop in 4-5 tablets and aggitate as the fizzys do their work. It's like magic! Then rinse in cold water for a bit and put them back in the tank. I'm not sure what all is in mine (cheap wal-mart brand) but it seems to work well and I have not seen any side effects in my fish as a result. Plus I feel a lot safer using something that is supposed to be "good" to go in your mouth, than bleach. Yuck!
I have never used plastic plants, but for my large rocks I just use a bottle brush or a new tooth brush and some elbow grease.
Ummm, excuse me but I did it many times before switching to lives plants so unless you are saying that I am lying I would not comment because in my experience it worked just fine. There is nothing chemically wrong with bleach when you treat with dechlorinatior and I noticed no ill effects on my fish.
bleach is just concentrated chlorine. its the same stuff thet you take out of the water
Just wanted to add that chemically, chlorine and water yields hydrogen and chlorine ions (easily removable) and hypochlorous acid which is very weak and unstable. Therefore it usually combines with ammonia to get chloramine, which a lot of dechlorinators also remove.