1st official post... ( introduced my self in the proper area)
I have a 55 gallon that I want to sterilize.
this tank was up for about 8 years with "live" fresh water rocks. and was very nice.
The rocks will come back to life once they are rehydrated. I know this because I've let some sit out in the back yard for over a year just to have them re-bloom once they were introduced to a tank that was "clean"
I'm looking to go a different direction with the tank this time. And plan on getting a 120 in the future. I don't want to deal with the maint. of the live rocks. Ya know the yearly algae bloom and so forth in a 120.
I know not to introduce any of the old stuff to the tank, will bleaching the tank be enough to get the algae out of the tank and silicone?
Also I am a dialysis nurse so I have access to all the RO water I need, should I use that to fill the tank since it's 96.4 to 97% rejection rate pure?
Higher then AAMI standards.
I spend a lot of time in our water room @ work checking hardness and chloramines.
So anyways will a 10:1 bleach soak for 24 hrs then a 100:1 bleach 24 hr soak followed by a standard tap water 24 hr soak. kill this stuff?
Live rock was out of the Susquehanna River when I was keeping a lot of wild caught stuff in the beginning.
then moved to chiclids that got to frog eating size.
Donated the fish to a hospital I go to and tore it down to remodel the house.
Sorry for the long post.
Any suggestions to kill this stuff will be helpful.
Thanks
I have a 55 gallon that I want to sterilize.
this tank was up for about 8 years with "live" fresh water rocks. and was very nice.
The rocks will come back to life once they are rehydrated. I know this because I've let some sit out in the back yard for over a year just to have them re-bloom once they were introduced to a tank that was "clean"
I'm looking to go a different direction with the tank this time. And plan on getting a 120 in the future. I don't want to deal with the maint. of the live rocks. Ya know the yearly algae bloom and so forth in a 120.
I know not to introduce any of the old stuff to the tank, will bleaching the tank be enough to get the algae out of the tank and silicone?
Also I am a dialysis nurse so I have access to all the RO water I need, should I use that to fill the tank since it's 96.4 to 97% rejection rate pure?
Higher then AAMI standards.
I spend a lot of time in our water room @ work checking hardness and chloramines.
So anyways will a 10:1 bleach soak for 24 hrs then a 100:1 bleach 24 hr soak followed by a standard tap water 24 hr soak. kill this stuff?
Live rock was out of the Susquehanna River when I was keeping a lot of wild caught stuff in the beginning.
then moved to chiclids that got to frog eating size.
Donated the fish to a hospital I go to and tore it down to remodel the house.
Sorry for the long post.
Any suggestions to kill this stuff will be helpful.
Thanks