Koi-Lo
April 21st 06, 07:26 PM
"Dave W." > wrote in message
oups.com...
>I have an aquarium that had recently suffered some sort of horrible
> bacterial infection (everything I put in there died wihtin a week with
> the same symptoms). At any rate, I am planning to break the now-empty
> tank down and use it again later. A person at one of my local pet
> shops where I sometimes buy fish told me not to wash the tank with
> bleach and water, because the beach gets into the silicone and can
> remain. I thought it evaporated in a few hours, especially after
> thorough rinsing. She said just wash it out with water and let it dry,
> as whatever the disease is would die when everything dried out (aquatic
> parasites/fungus/bacteria can't live out of water) and also suggested
> the same for the powerfilter. Anybody have any experience/thought
> about this?
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Please don't take the people working in these stores seriously unless you
know they're experts and have been in the business for many years. Bleach
water is perfectly safe and doesn't get into the silicone. Soak the tank
and everything that came in contact with it in a bleach solution for several
hours, rinse well and air for a day or two before reuse. You can rinse,
then bake or boil the gravel for reuse. There is a current discussion on
this group about these deadly fish diseases. Please see that thread.
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Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Aquarium FAQ are at: http://faq.thekrib.com/
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oups.com...
>I have an aquarium that had recently suffered some sort of horrible
> bacterial infection (everything I put in there died wihtin a week with
> the same symptoms). At any rate, I am planning to break the now-empty
> tank down and use it again later. A person at one of my local pet
> shops where I sometimes buy fish told me not to wash the tank with
> bleach and water, because the beach gets into the silicone and can
> remain. I thought it evaporated in a few hours, especially after
> thorough rinsing. She said just wash it out with water and let it dry,
> as whatever the disease is would die when everything dried out (aquatic
> parasites/fungus/bacteria can't live out of water) and also suggested
> the same for the powerfilter. Anybody have any experience/thought
> about this?
========================
Please don't take the people working in these stores seriously unless you
know they're experts and have been in the business for many years. Bleach
water is perfectly safe and doesn't get into the silicone. Soak the tank
and everything that came in contact with it in a bleach solution for several
hours, rinse well and air for a day or two before reuse. You can rinse,
then bake or boil the gravel for reuse. There is a current discussion on
this group about these deadly fish diseases. Please see that thread.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Aquarium FAQ are at: http://faq.thekrib.com/
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