Disinfecting Aquarium Equipment

HI all. My betta has had lymphocystis, and he's finally gotten so sick it's time to put him down. Since it's a virus, I'm wondering if there's a way to disinfect the aquarium filter so that this doesn't spread to another fish when we get a new fish friend. Can I put it in the tank (with no filter media) and run a bleach solution through? Has anyone done this, or is this a fire/safety hazard somehow? Do you guys have any other suggestions for disinfecting? Thanks in advance!

 

I’d just submerge the filter into a bleach water solution. Soak it for about an hour, then rinse it thoroughly as well as the bucket, and finally soak it in water with dechlorinator/water conditioner added to it for 24 hours. After that, let it air dry and then you’re fine to use it.

 

I’d just submerge the filter into a bleach water solution. Soak it for about an hour, then rinse it thoroughly as well as the bucket, and finally soak it in water with dechlorinator/water conditioner added to it for 24 hours. After that, let it air dry and then you’re fine to use it.

Thank you! I think I read a 19 part water to 1 part bleach solution, is that what you would suggest as well?

 

Yeah, honestly bleach will knock any microorganisms even more diluted than that.

 

Bleach is always my first answer. Then soap... AquaticJ never said anything... My idea

You can do that or just buy new items. After bleaching let the equipment sit in the sun for a few days.

 

Bleach is always my first answer. Then soap... AquaticJ never said anything... My idea

You can do that or just buy new items. After bleaching let the equipment sit in the sun for a few days.

All your idea I may actually get an entirely new tank. I have a 7-ish year old fluval chI and the LEDs are all burning out suddenly anyway. I'm looking a bit at the BiOrb tanks, but I'm seeing some reviews where people's tanks burst and that just sounds expensive (I rent and have ridiculously old, read expensive and impossible to replace, hardwood floors).

 

All your idea I may actually get an entirely new tank. I have a 7-ish year old fluval chI and the LEDs are all burning out suddenly anyway. I'm looking a bit at the BiOrb tanks, but I'm seeing some reviews where people's tanks burst and that just sounds expensive (I rent and have ridiculously old, read expensive and impossible to replace, hardwood floors).

hehe! fish keeping is very expensive! I would just buy everything new as sooner or later the old equipment will burn out and then you will have to replace it anyway.

 

hehe! fish keeping is very expensive! I would just buy everything new as sooner or later the old equipment will burn out and then you will have to replace it anyway.

That it is! Once upon a time I had a saltwater tank, that was so expensive. I just have my one betta now.

 

I have 7 tanks and I live in a condo on the third floor, ask me about expensive when one of those decides to blow out lol.

 

I have 7 tanks and I live in a condo on the third floor, ask me about expensive when one of those decides to blow out lol.

let me live with you! Amazing to have that many tanks in just a small condo.

 

I have 7 tanks and I live in a condo on the third floor, ask me about expensive when one of those decides to blow out lol.

Oh god, I can't even imagine! I've never had one blow up/leak before, I'm hoping not to start now.

 

Oh god, I can't even imagine! I've never had one blow up/leak before, I'm hoping not to start now.

If you call losing half of your fish because someone dumps all of your fish food in the tank yeah that is expensive!

 

If you call losing half of your fish because someone dumps all of your fish food in the tank yeah that is expensive!

Geesh, it would be. My first ever saltwater fish was a clown. She killed every single fish that went in after. Every.single.one. It didn't matter how aggressive the other fish was, she managed to murder it somehow in the middle of the night. After a while she just had her own 50 gallon tank with the only thing she couldn't murder, a crab.