Johannes Visser Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 What are you using to sterilise your cichlid tank equipment, i.e. nets! And how often Just curious! Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Nothing.. But people have uses Salt and formalin as well having a sterilise bucket and a rinse bucket so you dont put that stuff in your tanks Unsure how well it works I have heaps of nets and not many tanks running so dont have disease troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 I don't either. I do leave my buckets outside in the sun to dry out. I hang the gravel vac, tubes & nets on a hook in the yard. Then again it is a case of what you bring into your tanks. Mine african set up is settled. I never do anything on the discus tank & african tanks in the same day. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Vinegar's also quite an effective sterilizer, and it has the added benefit of not being carcinogenic like formalin and other fish meds! I personally just use the sit in the sun method like herefishie, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 I do have a heap of pool salt. When I had a white spot outbreak in the display tank I used a heap of salt, warm-hot water & bucket. That much salt it all couldn't dissolve :roll: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted June 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Just a clarification this is not about disease! Was just wondering how others clean there nets, water draining pipes, buckets etc Thought I would make that clear as its seem to be concentrated on diseases and not cleaning. We have many tanks and nets for each that we place in hot water with salt and then hang out to dry. Do understand that if some precaution is not taken it could result in a outbreak of some sort. And naturally if you have a situation in a specific tank you would not place the same net into your other tanks unless you only have one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 A good rinse under hot water and hung out in the sun, along with buckets, and vacs etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Why else would you clean your nets, gravel vacs, buckets.....? In the case of nets, it isn't like they sit in the tanks for a period of time. Unless its a bit different over there? We use our nets just to catch out fish here. :lol: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelz Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 I use hot water and white vinegar, soak em overnite then rinse and put in sun for my quarentine tank nets. The others are just soaked in boiling water for a bit and put in sun to dry once a week..if I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 What HFF, don't you leave your nets in the tanks so as the fish aren't scared of them when you plunge them in. You can also train you livebearers to drop in them, and some smart cichlids will herd their babies into them. :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 :lol: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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