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| Posted | Steralizing Aquarium! |
| 24-08-2007 20:08 by robert.pope |
i want to steralize my tank before getting new stock!
what do you use??? iwant to rip the tank apart! throwing away all filter media !! probably steam clean the gravel? what would you use guys as in all the years keeping fish i have not had this run of bad experiences before! is there anything i can clean the bogwood and plants in ???? thanks for you help. |
| 24-08-2007 20:32 by perky |
Clean the tank with white vinegar but give it a good clean afterwards.
The bogwood i would do with the jetwash that should do it. |
| 24-08-2007 20:34 by Nick G |
you could alszo pour boiling water over the wood as this will sterilise it |
| 24-08-2007 20:39 by robert.pope |
the wood nick has a nice established java fern on it  |
| 24-08-2007 20:41 by Nick G |
Check out the reply I have put on your other post |
| 24-08-2007 20:43 by Nick G |
Both symptoms that you describe do sound to me to be related to water quality
Might not need to completely break down the tank to sterilise it if that's the cause |
| 24-08-2007 20:47 by mwilde |
Bleach the tank, and use hot soapy water - make sure you wash it out several times with cold water.
Boil the gravel in small batches. throw the bog wood and plants away. I have had loads of diffrent tanks and always bleach them. |
| 24-08-2007 20:56 by robert.pope |
what strength bleach and what brand?......
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| 24-08-2007 21:33 by mwilde |
Any. House hold stuff.
Domestos of Aldi's own . As long as you rinse it PROPER then its fine. Rinse it a few times. Would you wash a drinking glass in hot soap water with bleach in - and then drink from it another day once its been cleaned properly? Yes so whats the problem. Glass isnt porpus so wont hold onto the bleach. If your worried, once you have rinsed it few times, and added the water back in, put a couple of cheap fish back in, like a gold fish or a neon or something for a few days. |
| 24-08-2007 22:12 by perky |
Rob use milton steralizer tablets fill the tank with cold water and put some tablets in and let it stand for a bit its good for babies bottles so happy days. |
| 26-08-2007 18:54 by big cats |
fill the tank with water add salt to marine tank levels add meth blue too 150% stated dose add malachite green too the same or use formalin again too 150- 200% stated dose that will do the trick never use household chemicals |
| 26-08-2007 19:10 by alan78 |
if you follow big cats advice you will have a nice stained tank  |
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