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niome

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sanitizing equipment
« on: July 10, 2005, 05:54:34 PM »
Hi everyone, how do you sanitize your equip.?? Nets, decorations, gravel vac?  I've recently had a fish death to something unknown and would like to sanitize my things before doing anything else in the tanks.
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keliD

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Re:sanitizing equipment
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2005, 06:07:38 PM »
with the nets, i'd soak them either in hot water and vinegar, or in a little bit of bleach and some hot water. i'm not too sure about the decorations, or gravel vac, but that's always worked for me with the nets :)
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niome

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« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2005, 06:20:16 PM »
I don't have vinegar , and am scared to use bleach.  Do you think dipping in boiling water would work as well?
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« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2005, 06:35:12 PM »
I'd say soak anything that'll tolerate the heat in boiling water for several minutes
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« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2005, 06:39:11 PM »
I usually rinse gravel in a collander with hot water, then rinse the inside and bottom of the bowl with it as well.
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Re:sanitizing equipment
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2005, 06:42:05 PM »
I've also heard of people adding salt to the water "bath" & others leaving their equipment (usually nets) in water that has melafix added to it.
I personally just use the scalding hot water method.
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niome

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Re:sanitizing equipment
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2005, 06:43:34 PM »
great thanx I'm off to do that.  The only thing I'm worried about is the vacuum it's pretty big!!LOL thanx again
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« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2005, 06:47:17 PM »
the vac may not tolerate the heat either, maybe mix up an extra strong batch of antibacterial meds in a bucket and rinse the vac in that?
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