Plants not looking to hot

**rookie** · 08-15-2009, 02:47 AM

I finally got my first set of plants las night and did everything I thought was right but as u all know anything I do by the book always backfires lol. Anyway I did a 3 min dip in bleach 19 to 1 mix now most of my plants look like they are going to die. The vals look like you can see through them the cryps started to wrinkle a little the hornwort looks brown. Is there anything I can do to save them

**Anomaly** · 08-15-2009, 02:51 AM

Just a wait a little bit and see if they come back. I've personally never used the bleach method . . . just a rinse in tap water. A 3 minute dip may have been a bit too much for your plants - not really sure since I've never used that method. Crypts do often melt though after being moved and replanted, but they usually grow right back.

**MonkeyPox** · 08-15-2009, 02:59 AM

Introducing plants to a new environment, especially after being shipped in a less then desirable manner as you described, will lead to some slight discoloration.

Give it a week and it should improve.

**mattsbottleofjager** · 08-16-2009, 01:23 PM

My vals did the same, I didn't bleach em but they did turn translucent and I thought they would all die. Only thing I added was root tabs and they are starting to come back now, little over a week since planting.

**PostalPenguin** · 08-17-2009, 02:48 PM

The bleach probably killed the hornwort, crypts melt almost anytime they are moved so wait and see if they improve. The vals melt too so they may recover.

**-Lp** · 08-17-2009, 07:46 PM

New to the whole planted tank scene. What is the purpose of dipping live plants in a bleach solution?

**MonkeyPox** · 08-17-2009, 08:44 PM

Remove snails.

**rookie** · 08-17-2009, 08:51 PM

I just read somwere that snails can not tolorate my ph of 6. Is that true that would make my life very easy if I could put the plants in and let my ph kill them