first post / bleach in tank oopppsss

browardreefer · #1 04/05/2005, 12:37 AM

i drained my tank to move to a new home. sand bed started to stink so i added some bleach to kill all the bactiria.
well it stoped smelling !!!

but now i knoticed that clorox bleach is 5 percent bleach( somtype of bleach i forget) and 95 percent other ingrediants ( it actualy says "other ingreediants")

will this sand / tank be ok to use again ( it would be ok if it was pure bleach so would it still be fine with the clorox)

NwG · #2 04/05/2005, 12:42 AM

I would toss it(sand that is).... as well as wash the tank a few times...

browardreefer · #3 04/05/2005, 12:49 AM

yeah definitly the sand i guess i shoulda specified. the tank.

just stick it in back yard and run hoes in it for a few days? let water overflow and hopfully clean it ?

NwG · #4 04/05/2005, 12:51 AM

fill it up with fresh water and let it sit for a day or 2.... then do it again..I would do it 4 or 5 times and you should be good...
how long did the bleach sit in the tank?

browardreefer · #5 04/05/2005, 12:55 AM

its still in there :P ( its diluted in like 5 gallons of salt water)

browardreefer · #6 04/05/2005, 12:56 AM

and i poured alot in ( several cups) think it weakend the silicon? should i just replace it ( its a 55 that i was gonna use as a sump)

Sierra · #7 04/05/2005, 12:57 AM

add a few cups of vinigar to the water when you scrub it out.

browardreefer · #8 04/05/2005, 01:03 AM

hehe nice signiture. threadgets closeddont.....

:P origional :P are you a trouble maker ( stay outa my thread if you are)

just kidding :P trouble is fun.

until it takes the form of your living room flooding. and ill take both ur advice and prey that trouble wont take that form