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If I use bleach for any cleaning, I follow up by dipping in Prime. It removes chlorine. Followed by drying out completely. Have you ever tried that method?I do not think diatoms will hurt your ponies. They just annoy us as they detract from the tank's beauty. I can't remember but if your hitching plants are plastic you can dip them in a solution of bleach water and rinse until you cannot smell bleach anymore. Also bleach evaporates and leaves no residue so you can leave plant to air dry after rinsing. Then you know the bleach is gone. Its very toxic but it cleans diatoms and algae very well and rinses off without leaving a residue.
I never have used prime but that would be a good extra precaution. I used to service accounts for a pet store that I worked for. I did their fish tank maintenance for about 5 years. Back then most of the tanks were fowlr systems with bleached coral skeletons so I got very good at rinsing everything really well and I never had a problem.If I use bleach for any cleaning, I follow up by dipping in Prime. It removes chlorine. Followed by drying out completely. Have you ever tried that method?
I agree that most marine life does best if things are kept as stable as possible. A 5° change is more than I would be comfortable with, especially since dwarf seahorses are so small. I think you are doing the right thing.Yeah during the day in a gradual change up and down it is probably no problem but I would assume if the temp went from 75 to 80 as it would from a sudden water change that it would cause some stress for the ponies. I might be wrong though and it might not be an issue. I try to keep all my tanks within 1 degree at all times though. I was always taught that stability is the key to any thriving marine aquaria