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Summary: In order to clean artificial aquarium plants, use hot water to soak the plants and scrub the branches. Discover why cleaners, bleach and dish soap shouldn't be used to clean artificial aquarium plants with help from the manager of a pet store in this free video on aquarium maintenance.
"Hi I'm Ashlee from Pet Planet in Riverton, Utah. Today I'm here to show you how you can clean your artificial aquarium plants, it is very easy. What you want to do is just take a lot of hot water, rinse it off thoroughly and scrub the branches of your artificial plants. Make sure you don't use any cleaners, bleach, dish soap, anything like that, because it could cause your tank water damage, and harm your fish. Also, just soaking it for a good fifteen minutes will help. Also, another way to help maintain your plants and make sure that they stay clean is often people do come in and buy plecostomus. Plecostomus actually helps you clean your algae on your plants, as well as snails. Also, with the plecos they will actually help you clean your rocks, your gravel on the bottom, and your glass around your aquarium. So it is a good way to maintain your tank. If you have any further questions about how to clean your artificial aquarium plant you can contact us at petplanetriverton@gmail.com"
eHow Article: How to Clean Artificial Aquarium Plants