Tropical -> Goldfish... Cross-Contamination?

I am running two tanks now (one tropical and one for fancy goldfish). Is
there any risk of cross-contamination (of harmful bacteria or diseases) if I
were to use the same cleaning tools on both aquariums?

Thanks in advance for any help!

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 15:55:24 -0400, "Scott"
wrote:

I am running two tanks now (one tropical and one for fancy goldfish). Is
there any risk of cross-contamination (of harmful bacteria or diseases) if I
were to use the same cleaning tools on both aquariums?

Thanks in advance for any help!



Yes there is. I do it all the time, tanks, pond. I decided not to
worry about it.


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- Charles
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-does not play well with others

yes, and not a good idea. is easy to have a separate aquarium sponge for each tank.
Ingrid

"Scott" wrote:

I am running two tanks now (one tropical and one for fancy goldfish). Is
there any risk of cross-contamination (of harmful bacteria or diseases) if I
were to use the same cleaning tools on both aquariums?

Thanks in advance for any help!




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Agreed, but would it be possible to cross-contaminate with the gravel
siphon? If so, what could I do to avoid it (i.e. soaking the siphon in a
solution perhaps?).

Scott


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yes, and not a good idea. is easy to have a separate aquarium sponge for
each tank.
Ingrid

"Scott" wrote:

I am running two tanks now (one tropical and one for fancy goldfish). Is
there any risk of cross-contamination (of harmful bacteria or diseases)
if I
were to use the same cleaning tools on both aquariums?

Thanks in advance for any help!




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.

wipe it off with peroxide. .. the outside. Ingrid

"Scott" wrote:

Agreed, but would it be possible to cross-contaminate with the gravel
siphon? If so, what could I do to avoid it (i.e. soaking the siphon in a
solution perhaps?).


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.