Cleaning Infected Aquarium

Tell your LFS folks to get a clue........as they are wrong. Bleach
will gas out within 24 to 48 hours and its certainly not gonna do as
they say to the silicone seals. I owuld use a 10% chlorine (Chlorox)
solution and wash it all and allow it to set for awhile (few hours)
althoujgha few minutes would be sufficient. Rinse well, and allow to
air dry......I would also wash all items which were in the tank such
as gravel, filters, decorations etc etc......in the 10% chlorox
solution.

On 21 Apr 2006 11:11:01 -0700, "Dave W." wrote:
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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