How do you sterilize your equipment?

[cassharper]

potassium permanganate FTW, powerful oxidizer that will kill most nasties. Add enough to turn your water pink, soak your stuff until it turns dull purple/brown (means it has oxidized and not active anymore) then rinse and use.

You can buy it anywhere they sell Koi meds, and it's cheap & safe. Planted tank keepers have been disinfecting their plants this way for years.

 

[tcarswell]

potassium permanganate FTW, powerful oxidizer that will kill most nasties. Add enough to turn your water pink, soak your stuff until it turns dull purple/brown (means it has oxidized and not active anymore) then rinse and use.

You can buy it anywhere they sell Koi meds, and it's cheap & safe. Planted tank keepers have been disinfecting their plants this way for years.

sounds neat thanks everyone

 

[killerfish]

A nice bleach solution works the best simply run a few gallons of water mixed with bleach threw a gravel Vac or python and then run a few gallons of clean water threw it to wash out any left over bleach and Ta Da clean equipment

 

[beblondie]

EQUIPMENT DISENFECTANTS
Hydrogen Peroxide 30% (disenfectant) DO NOT USE IN AQUARIA WITH FISH OR PLANTS
5oml per 100 litres of water.Empty filter of media and use it as a pump run for 3 days
Bleach 8tsps per gallon for 24 hrs
Isopropyl alcohol (rubbibg alcohol) 70% strength disenfecting tanks and equipment

 

[packer43064]

I've never sterelized any of my equipment. Never really thought of it.

 

[tcarswell]

EQUIPMENT DISENFECTANTS
Hydrogen Peroxide 30% (disenfectant) DO NOT USE IN AQUARIA WITH FISH OR PLANTS
5oml per 100 litres of water.Empty filter of media and use it as a pump run for 3 days
Bleach 8tsps per gallon for 24 hrs
Isopropyl alcohol (rubbibg alcohol) 70% strength disenfecting tanks and equipment

Damn girl you are quite the wealth of information ! Thank you.

 

[zennzzo]

potassium permanganate FTW, powerful oxidizer that will kill most nasties. Add enough to turn your water pink, soak your stuff until it turns dull purple/brown (means it has oxidized and not active anymore) then rinse and use.

You can buy it anywhere they sell Koi meds, and it's cheap & safe. Planted tank keepers have been disinfecting their plants this way for years.

Don't they sell that as dechlorinator as well?

 

[cassharper]

Don't they sell that as dechlorinator as well?

perhaps you're thinking of sodium thiosulphate? That is what's in like 90% of dechlor solutions. Trust me, you don't wanna try and dechlorinate with this stuff... or touch it while it's still active for that matter. It won't burn (unless you have made it wayyyy too strong), but it will stain your skin pink until the old growth sheds off.

 

[zennzzo]

perhaps you're thinking of sodium thiosulphate? That is what's in like 90% of dechlor solutions. Trust me, you don't wanna try and dechlorinate with this stuff... or touch it while it's still active for that matter. It won't burn (unless you have made it wayyyy too strong), but it will stain your skin pink until the old growth sheds off.

yup that's the stuff!!
no wonder I never passed the Pharmacology exam...
Yeah right!!...me a Pharmacist...
Yes sir, certianly you must try, before you buy...

 

[Pyramid_Party]

ONly time I clean equipment is when I am using meds and treating sick fish. After all this is done I clean the equipment. Some times I have jsut scrubbed with hot water and sometimes with hot water and bleach.