can you soak you fish tank ornaments is water with a little bit a bleach you clean you ornaments?

Question

or will this bee toxic to you fish

Answer 1

I don't see why everybody has an aversion to bleach... I just used bleach to remove an outbreak of Black Beard Algae in my 10 gallon tank, and it worked marvelously (it's been more than two weeks and I saw no strange behavior or death in my fish). Simply remove the ornaments you wish to bleach, put them in a bucket (do NOT put them in a sink, the bleach will wear off the finish of the drain if it is left in there too long) with a 19:1 water:bleach solution (19 cups of water with 1 cup of bleach) and let it sit for at least 10 hours. Remove the decorations and let them soak in a bucket of water with dechlorinator added* for a few hours, then let them air dry for at least 24 hours for good measure**.

The only things I would not bleach would be driftwood and super porous rocks as they could potentially absorb the bleach and release it back into the tank. Only bleach plastic ornaments. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Soop Nazi

*Bleach is NaClO. The harmful element of bleach is the Cl (chlorine), by simply adding deCHLORINATOR, it neutralizes the chlorine, leaving you with NaO (sodium oxide), which is harmless to fish.

**Bleach completely loses its toxicity after about 24 hours or being exposed to air.

Answer 2

I have worked in small mom and popshops and they have always used every small amounts of bleach. When u clean ur ornaments get a good size bucket that will cover all the ornaments, place 95% water and 5% bleach leave for 10-15 mins, then carefully take the water out and repeat for 5-10 time. Then with a baby tooth brush and warm water, brush all the small spaces to completely make shore that the bleach is gone and that’s it.

Answer 3

Soup Nazi's answer is on the money. I posted a topic on this two years ago, and there is seemongly no problem with bleach, when used correctly; http://www.fishforums.net/content/forum/119809/Bleach-/

The one drop killing fish in 200 gallons of water made me laugh. Honestly, where do people come up with this nonsense? I add two drops of chlorine bleach to 1 liter of water in my bbs hatchery. I feed this to angel fry, newly swimming up to 3 months old. The bleach gasses out in less than 24 hours, keeps bacteria levels down, and helps to soften the shells.

Give Soup Nazi the best answer.

Answer 4

NO BLEACH - Take a bit of the tank water and rinse it off. If you are cleaning a few and remove more than 5% of water add water treatment after replacing toys and water.

Answer 5

no bleach y do u want to do that anyway i they suggest rinsing them but whenever i put anything in sink water n then in my tank i add some dechlorinator just incase u really need to be careful even goldfishseem to be fragile no bleach they definitelly dont need to be so clean to go in the tank they will be fine just being rinsed

Answer 6

Wash them in tank water. Use a cloth or just your hand to get any gunk of them. You don't need bleach.

Answer 7

hot water is just fine when going to clean things in the aquarium. When you get does large wild river driftwood pieces, well thas another story. Its not like the decoration is varnished in lead.

Answer 8

bleach could change the color of your items.... i have been told that with top fin products you can soak them in bleach water mixture only if you make sure to clean it afterwards with warm soapy water.....like a 90% water to 10% bleach... i wouldnt recomend it though....

Answer 9

Use vinegar and make sure you rinse them very well before putting them back in the tank. NO BLEACH

Answer 10

your little aquatic freinds shall go belly up, you dont need to wash ornaments, just wash them under a powerfull tap once a week will be great.