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So I just picked up a used 40 gallon tank off of craigslist. He used the tank for GSP's! The guy gave me all sorts of accesories like fake plants, river stone, heater, filter, lights etc.


He tolde me to bleach the tank... My question is do I bleach the tank and all the non electrical accesories to ensure there is no foregin bacteria? Or will a simple water rinse and some vinegar do the job?

How have you prepared a used tank?

Thanks

Hey, welcome to the forum!!! Here's what I did: take empty tank, pour straight up bleach
in it, fill it half with water, scrubbed it up, then let it sit for like
15 minutes to half hour and rinse it out VERY well. Rinse it twice to make sure you got everything out. Then dry it completely! If you have to rinse it 3 x to make sure then do that!

Tip: It will be much safer to do this process with Oxyclean instead of bleach. Oxyclean breaks down into totally non-toxic oxygen & hydrogen & only needs minimal rinsing but totally cleans the tank & supplies. Run the filter on the edge of the tank to clean that too, while Oxyclean is in there.

Oxyclean? Never knew that! Good tip!

not that it may be an issue in this case, but i wonder if Oxyclean has disinfectant properties?

It breaks down the bacteria, like it does the rest of the organic matter.

+1 for the Oxyclean! I have only heard great things about it!

Yeah, I do agree as well. Oxyclean is the safest way to clean the tank.

I already used regular bleach but thanks for the tip PufferPunk. Ill defintely keep that in mind for the future tanks I buy.

Thanks for all the replies.

bleach can be neutralized with "Prime"

I did not know that!
Thanks eieio
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