2006-09-01 19:55:49 · 17 answers · asked by ciscothelight 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
my fish tank is filled with bleach, i find that my underwater bunnies do not live long.
2006-09-01 20:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by Circlometry?? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well you can tell you obviously hit a touchy subject eh?
First, an aquarium is glass. Ever use soap or windex to clean glass? Of course. So that being said you can use anything you feel like to clean the glass.
All of the warnings come from inferior rinsing - that's it.
If you'd rather not take the risks of that there are many good things you can use.
One of the best is unscented chlorine bleach (e.g. clorox etc). After rinsing its pretty easy to make sure there's no trace of chlorine left by adding a little extra dechlorinator to the water.
The top of the list would be using KMnO4 (Potassium Permanganate) which is purple and stains like an SOB but there is nothing that will disinfect better especially if you've had any diseases in the tank.
If you need some scrubbing action, use salt and baking soda on a new sponge or even a scrubby [NOTE: do not try this on an acrylic tank or you will scuff it up to the point of no return]
Again, you could really wash the tank with anything you want provided you rinse excruciatingly well.
2006-09-02 07:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by ScipioAfricanus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally not I'd just rinse it throughly. The fill. Wait 3 hours. Dump water, and rinse. It you use soap be sure rinse, then fill, dump, and rinse. Soap, and bleach is generally left for cases where all the fish in the tank died. Both are very toxic.
2006-09-02 05:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use hot water and a piece of paper towell. Never use any soap, detergent or glass cleaner on the inside of the tank. Ever! You'll kill them.
2006-09-01 20:02:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the best things that you can use to clean a fish tank is non-iodized table salt. It acts as a good scrubber, and can be easily rinsed out. Just be sure you *DO* rinse the tank well, particularly if you are keeping freshwater fish.
2006-09-01 20:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of it relies upon. in the journey that your gravel or decorations are porous i does not use them returned as cleansing soap and bleach could be trapped interior of them. That applies to something created from wood to boot. although, delicate surfaces i think of would be wonderful with thorough rinsing. i bought my fish tank used and had to do rather some scrubbing with bleach in the previous it became ideal for use. After rinsing it and allowing it cycle, my fish, shrimp and flowers went in without sick outcomes.
2016-11-23 18:41:36 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. Some soap is very persistant and is not worth the extra work. Just rinse it out with water. If you feel you must, scrub it gently with salt water, and then rinse it out.
2006-09-04 17:51:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO. NEVER do that!
No matter how much you rinse it, there might be some tiny traces of chemcials left and fishes are VERY VERY sensitive to these chemicals. They can die easily!
Buy some tank cleaners in pet store or use hot water.
2006-09-01 19:58:51 · answer #8 · answered by LifeisGoood 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO, never use soap in an aquarium
just rinse it out if it is new, if it is used you can scrub it with salt
2006-09-01 20:53:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its really not good to do that. Get some Cleaner from the fish store.A tank scrubber is great i get my products from pet-smart.com they have free shipping for somethings
2006-09-02 01:18:57 · answer #10 · answered by Fancy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's madness to do that if even little of soap remains behind the fishes may die use salt to clean your fish tnk that will be better
2006-09-01 19:59:48 · answer #11 · answered by stel247 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋