Quarantine tanks

Help. I have used a rubbermaid container and an aquariun biofilter pump to
quarantine fish aquired at a show that ended up being sick (died) and were
being treated chemically. How do I prepare it for use again? My thoughts are
paracites, flukes and whatever else the problems were won't it stay in the
filter and tank, will it be transferred to the next fish? What is proper
proceedure for cleaning?

let it dry in the sun. Ingrid

"FBCS" wrote:

Help. I have used a rubbermaid container and an aquariun biofilter pump to
quarantine fish aquired at a show that ended up being sick (died) and were
being treated chemically. How do I prepare it for use again? My thoughts are
paracites, flukes and whatever else the problems were won't it stay in the
filter and tank, will it be transferred to the next fish? What is proper
proceedure for cleaning?




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
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.

FBCS wrote:
Help. I have used a rubbermaid container and an aquariun biofilter pump to
quarantine fish aquired at a show that ended up being sick (died) and were
being treated chemically. How do I prepare it for use again? My thoughts are
paracites, flukes and whatever else the problems were won't it stay in the
filter and tank, will it be transferred to the next fish? What is proper
proceedure for cleaning?




-- if you want to sterilize it 20PPM clorox solution, there is an 800
number on the clorox bottle you can call lto get the amount per 100
gallons add clorox three times with a day or two between doses


then let thouroly dry for a week,

this should kill 99% of all bacteria. and some of the viruses





John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

bleach kills viruses. Ingrid

john rutz wrote:
this should kill 99% of all bacteria. and some of the viruses


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
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.

I would definitely go with the bleach, BUT, BUT be sure it is well rinsed,
after you are done. We routinely disinfect show tanks in this fashion.
Dechlor added when using the tanks at the next show covers any residual
chlorine that may not have been rinsed properly.
BZT can be used, but chlorine is cheaper, kills just about everything, and
can easily be detoxified with dechlorinators.
Happy ponding,
Greg


wrote in message
...
bleach kills viruses. Ingrid

john rutz wrote:
this should kill 99% of all bacteria. and some of the viruses


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
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.