PrincessKiara
Fish Crazy
Hello! I was poking around the 'Web and came up with a few solutions for disinfecting my tank, but since I really don't want to kill my guppy fry, I will try them all.
Today I filled the tank with warm water and loads of table salt. Tomorrow, I'll drain and rinse it, then wipe it with vinegar and rinse again. Then I will spray it with 3% hydrogen peroxide, rinse out, and re-fill the tank with a solution of 1 part bleach to 19 parts water. I'll soak the Elodea (and the tank) in that for two minutes, then rinse out tank, plants and all. Then I will wipe off excess moisture and let it dry out for at least 3 hours before adding my babies.
My question: Even if rinsed properly, will that poison my fry? Will being soaked in the bleach solution kill my plants?
And just as importantly, how do I make sure the Ramshorn snail doesn't carry any microbes over from its previous tankmates (now dead) to my guppy fry? I really want to keep the cute little bug, but how can I clean him? If my baby guppies die, I will die with them :'( I already lost their parents to disease...
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Wow, why does the forum change it to Bother when I want to call my snail a cute little
ger? LOL I always call my baby fish that <3
Today I filled the tank with warm water and loads of table salt. Tomorrow, I'll drain and rinse it, then wipe it with vinegar and rinse again. Then I will spray it with 3% hydrogen peroxide, rinse out, and re-fill the tank with a solution of 1 part bleach to 19 parts water. I'll soak the Elodea (and the tank) in that for two minutes, then rinse out tank, plants and all. Then I will wipe off excess moisture and let it dry out for at least 3 hours before adding my babies.
My question: Even if rinsed properly, will that poison my fry? Will being soaked in the bleach solution kill my plants?
And just as importantly, how do I make sure the Ramshorn snail doesn't carry any microbes over from its previous tankmates (now dead) to my guppy fry? I really want to keep the cute little bug, but how can I clean him? If my baby guppies die, I will die with them :'( I already lost their parents to disease...
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: Wow, why does the forum change it to Bother when I want to call my snail a cute little