Bladderwort - is there any hope to completely eliminate from a heavily planted tank

[Yugang]

Bladderwort is notoriously difficult to eradicate because even a tiny fragment can regenerate. It has the same requirements as plants, which makes it harder to selectively attack than algae.

A planted tank can be taken down, cleaned and restarted, but success seems not guaranteed due to the near impossibility of completely removing even the smallest bladderwort fragments.

Is this the final word, or are there any remedies with a reasonable success rate? Anyone could share experience?

 

[BenB]

No remedies other than trimming everything as much as possible and trying to pick it out daily.
If you have moss though, it's impossible. It gets down in the moss and it comes from no where.
Good luck. I had it really bad one time years ago. Thought I was rid of it and months later it popped out.

 

[Koan]

How does it respond to a week or so of glutaraldehyde dosing?

 

[BenB]

It loves it. Grows great.

 

[Rob23]

As a preventative, does it survive an alum dip?

 

[BenB]

As a preventative, does it survive an alum dip?

Its a carnivorous plant. Anything that would kill it would kill other plants.

 

[BenB]

In the old days, we called it aquarium VD.

 

[JayP]