This is my method of removing the algae from my plastic plants in my tank. This method might work even for silk plants just be sure to get the bleach smell out of the plants.
THIS IS A MIRACLE!!! I was genuinely pricing ultrasonic washers and trying to decide if it would just be cheaper to get new aquarium decor, and then found this and ... *angels singing* ... everything looks brand new. Thank you!
What is it with people and their disgusting comments. Why dont you just take the advice. 1 thing i hate about youtube is that people can say what the hell they want and not get kicked of the site, or get reported. Like on facebook. As if you look better. Stop breaking people down., and keep your nasty comments to yourself. Thanks for your advice. Im gonna try it out. Thumbs up for your advice. And i enjoyed your video. 👍
I can agree with you on a few points, hate comments aren’t good and people shouldn’t be so hateful. But removing someone from RU-vid because of something they said is very wrong. We should promote free speech regardless of the subject.
I would recommend if your going to use bleach I would rinse really well then put back in the container with some water and good dose of seachem prime and shake well and rerinse again to make sure the bleach is completely gone.
The bleach treatment works great! I had to upscale it quite a bit but I'm amazed how well it got rid of all the alga, black and green from all my aquarium items. I used a container big enough to hold all my aquarium items with hot water and 1 cup of bleach, shaking for the count of ten then letting it set for ten minutes, then checking again and rpeating three times, but I'm amazed at the results. Of course, I then rinsed off the aquarium items and bathed them in tap water, three times to make sure all the bleach was gone and reinstalled. Looks great. Thanks a lot for the bleach idea! Better living through chemistry!
i was too nervous to try this with my silk plants. i boiled some water and added hydrogen peroxide and let it sit for about 5 minutes, stirred, and then another 5 minutes watching it. then i scrubbed the algae off easy.
Perfect! I'm excited for it to work for me! I actually soakd the plants overnight thinking that would "loosen up" the algae with only water and when it didn't I ended up trying to get it off with a scrub brush LOL that didn't work either. Now I'm trying your method! Wish me luck!
Worked magic on my plants. I had tried for a long time to just scrub them in hot water and they had gotten to the point where they were black with algae. Now they look brand new :)
Thanks for the video- my plants got so bad (I tried scrubbing and rubbing and boiling them, but they got continuously worse) that I replaced them. Going to wash the new ones for the first time today because they've gone green. Looking forward to not scrubbing!
I do the same, but for blackbeard algae u leave covered fir 24 hours, after that I use a plastic scrubber and give them a once over and rinse....perfect...and I've noticed that in most cases the blackbeard doesn't come back....
Does the algae on the fake plants cause cloudy water. Mine is cloudy A bit even though I do my water changes. But I don't go into to much detail when cleaning my fake plants
Have you tried this with those soft silicone type ornaments? I have some fake yellow anemones that are turning black with what I assume is a type of algae. Wondering if a bleach solution would disintegrate them.
@@jamesakarodeo It did work somewhat...whatever that black stuff is penetrated the silicone and that did not go away. Anyhow it does look much better. I didn't realize how old this video is. Hope you are still fishkeeping!
Should always use a dechlorinator like Prime before putting them back in the tank. Shouldn't really use a scented bleach either. And for the love of God put a shirt on! Lol
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If times are hard, a shirt can be purchased at your local charity outlet. If you can afford a tank and fish - chances are you could spring for, at least, a $2 tee shirt. Man, you are frightening the internet ! ! !
