Cleaning Infected Aquarium

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?

That's the weirdest reason not to bleach a tank I've ever heard. Bleach
does evaporate and is a very good idea after a bacterial wipeout. Most
aquatic bacteria and fungi can't survive drying, but why take a chance?
Bleach away!

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