Goldfish died, how do I clean out tank for future use?

[disco]

I recently lost 2 wonderful goldfish in my 40 gallon tank. What is
the procedure for cleaning out the tank, filters, air pumps, heater,
etc....

I would like to start cycling this tank from scratch again, but don't
want any of bacteria in current water to be there.

thanks so much
Disco

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dump all the media that is replaceable. dump the water, clean the tank. refill and
put a bit of bleach in there. run this for a couple hours, drain rinse down with
dechlor treated water then leave everything out in the sun to bake leave it
overnight. there should be no smell at all. refill, add dechlor and run it 48
hours, smelling to make sure it smells good. Ingrid

(disco) wrote:

>I recently lost 2 wonderful goldfish in my 40 gallon tank. What is
>the procedure for cleaning out the tank, filters, air pumps, heater,
>etc....
>
>I would like to start cycling this tank from scratch again, but don't
>want any of bacteria in current water to be there.
>
>thanks so much
>Disco



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[disco]

Thanks INGRID!
1-added PP to tank and let it run for about 4 hours
2-mixed small amount bleach and lot of water to clean tank
3-rinsed out tank 5 times (took around 2 hours to do this)
4-used wire brush and q-tips to glean "gunk" off filters, heater, etc
5-tank and equipment sittin in sun today

Bake my air diffusers as well? Is there any thing special necessary
in cleaning them? Also, after I have tank running for 48 hours and
there is no funky aroma, should I do another 100% water change before
re-cycling tank again?

Grateful Disco

PS: I have these stand-alone silicate air-diffusers and have had a
dickens of a time finding more online. Anybody know of a place I
could find a couple more?

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> dump all the media that is replaceable. dump the water, clean the tank. refill and put a bit of bleach in there. run this for a couple hours, drain rinse down with dechlor treated water then leave everything out in the sun to bake leave it overnight. there should be no smell at all. refill, add dechlor and run it 48 hours, smelling to make sure it smells good. Ingrid
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>

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air diffusers can be full of cooties. most cannot be baked or soaked in acid. the
glass sintered air diffusers can of course. aquatic ecosystems online sells em.
after sitting in the sun and being filled and dechlored, a few hours with aeration
and it is ready to go.
Ingrid

(disco) wrote:

>Thanks INGRID!
>1-added PP to tank and let it run for about 4 hours
>2-mixed small amount bleach and lot of water to clean tank
>3-rinsed out tank 5 times (took around 2 hours to do this)
>4-used wire brush and q-tips to glean "gunk" off filters, heater, etc
>5-tank and equipment sittin in sun today
>
>Bake my air diffusers as well? Is there any thing special necessary
>in cleaning them? Also, after I have tank running for 48 hours and
>there is no funky aroma, should I do another 100% water change before
>re-cycling tank again?
>
>Grateful Disco
>
>PS: I have these stand-alone silicate air-diffusers and have had a
>dickens of a time finding more online. Anybody know of a place I
>could find a couple more?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.