VanDogh Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Does anyone know what this is?! đ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Looks like aphids. Â Many top dwelling fish will eat them but they will stay in the middle of leaves enough and can be difficult to eradicate. Â Iâve had them in the past and had to remove all floating plants and rinse them repeatedly, quarantine them, rinse more, rinse more, rinse more, etc. Â I finally selected just a few of the largest floaters and discarded the rest since I wasnât winning rinsing them as a whole mass of plants. Â Instead I rinsed them individually and very thoroughly, inspected closely and rinsed vigorously every day, then finally put just those few back in the tank once I was certain there were no pests left. Â Now I treat all incoming plants with Reverse Respiration. https://forum.aquariumcoop.com/topic/24465-reverse-respiration/#comment-221140 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDogh Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 What is Common Seltzer Water? the text you linked says to use that but I am npt sure if that brand exists in my country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 On 6/29/2024 at 10:09 AM, VanDogh said: What is Common Seltzer Water? the text you linked says to use that but I am npt sure if that brand exists in my country Itâs not a brand but a description.  âCommonâ meaning any seltzer water will do but soda water is different since itâs full of minerals and the pH isnât as low.  Sparkling water is also different since it doesnât have as much dissolved CO2 or as low pH as seltzer water.  Seltzer water is highly carbonated but otherwise pure water and not mineral water like soda water.  Sparkling water isnât as highly carbonated.  I use a SodaStream brand unit to make my seltzer / carbonated water since I have many aquariums and a husband hooked on soda (he adds flavors after it is carbonated). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyxxl Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Plain seltzer is used for mixing drinks with club soda etc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDogh Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 (edited) Where I live we only call carbonated water "Bubble water." There is different types of water with CO2? What does dissolved CO2 mean? Is mineral in the carbonated water bad for this purpose? I am sorry for so much questions I am so confused haha Edited June 29 by VanDogh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 On 6/29/2024 at 1:14 PM, VanDogh said: Where I live we only call carbonated water "Bubble water." There is different types of water with CO2? What does dissolved CO2 mean? Is mineral in the carbonated water bad for this purpose? I am sorry for so much questions I am so confused haha That's probably the stuff you're looking for. Check the ingredients list. If it says anything other than carbonated or water*, then you might not want to use it. I bought this can, for example, in an American grocery store: But there's also tonic water, which has quinine in it, and club soda, which I think has salt in it? * Flavorings are probably okay but I'd have to double check the reverse respiration procedure again. Edited to add: so don't use tonic water or club soda. At least not on your plants; combined with the right spirit you might use it on yourself! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggaz Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Most tonic water these days doesn't have quinine in it, which is a strong medicine after all. It's just artificial flavoring now.  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDogh Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 I see, very helpful! Everytime I get a new plant I will use this carbonated water then đ as of now I am just trying to drown the aphids. Do anyone know for how long its safe to submerge floating plants? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 On 6/29/2024 at 3:40 PM, VanDogh said: I see, very helpful! Everytime I get a new plant I will use this carbonated water then đ as of now I am just trying to drown the aphids. Do anyone know for how long its safe to submerge floating plants? @Guppysnail @dasaltemelosguy @Odd Duck, how long can floating plants take RR? In addition to the comment thread that Odd Duck linked to above, there's also a website and a youtube video: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 On 6/29/2024 at 10:50 AM, johnnyxxl said: Plain seltzer is used for mixing drinks with club soda etc It doesnât matter for mixing drinks.  It does matter when you want to reach a low enough pH and the right gas pressure within the solution when youâre trying to get reverse respiration to work on your new plants. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 On 6/29/2024 at 8:45 PM, Rube_Goldfish said: @Guppysnail @dasaltemelosguy @Odd Duck, how long can floating plants take RR? In addition to the comment thread that Odd Duck linked to above, there's also a website and a youtube video: Depends on the species of floater.  Frogbit does fairly well and I believe dwarf water lettuce does, too (but have no personal experience with any water lettuce since itâs not legal in my state).  Duckweed does just fine with RR, even when put in seltzer under pressure in a sealed container with daily renewed seltzer over more than a week.  đ đ¤Śđťââď¸ Â Red root floater does terrible for anything over about 5-10 minutes (havenât done timed experiments but didnât need to since it hates being submerged at all).  No experience with any Salvinias with RR but they also hate being submerged. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 On 6/29/2024 at 11:16 PM, Odd Duck said: Duckweed does just fine... Red root floater does terrible... Thanks! Those both sound right. Red root floater sometimes dies if you look at it too directly, and I think duckweed would be fine if you sterilized in the microwave! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Duck Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 On 6/29/2024 at 10:21 PM, Rube_Goldfish said: Thanks! Those both sound right. Red root floater sometimes dies if you look at it too directly, and I think duckweed would be fine if you sterilized in the microwave! Truth in both those cases! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanDogh Posted June 30 Author Share Posted June 30 Bless! Thanks for such helpful answer! I am lucky then because I only have water lettuce and frogbit in terms of floating plants. I don't have any carbonated water so I am drowning them in the tank and hopefully the aphids will drown (and get eaten by the fish.) I later wash them thoroughly in the tap multiple times and I am going to wait a week before I put them back in any tank. They will be in an empty tank that has not been used yet. Next time I get plants I will always make sure to do the reverse respiration đ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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