Cleaning vivarium

[camfish]

I'm going to be cleaning my old fire belly toad tank because i made a different vivarium for them. I'm going to use the old tank for other frogs or maybe a lizard so i want to make it safe for them, would it be safe to use pure bleach and water?

[MikeM670]

I'm going to be cleaning my old fire belly toad tank because i made a different vivarium for them. I'm going to use the old tank for other frogs or maybe a lizard so i want to make it safe for them, would it be safe to use pure bleach and water?

You just need to use a 10 percent bleach solution for cleaning. Wash all the surfaces with the bleach solution and if possible let the interior soak for 20 minutes. Then rinse completely and air dry.

[John]

Get rid of all of the contents - do not reuse them unless it's artificial decorations which can be treated with bleach. For bleaching the tank, you only need a 5% bleach solution, not pure bleach. Bleach is very nasty stuff and can kill any tiny nasties that could pose a thread to your frogs. Just make sure the bleach solution contacts all of the surfaces in the terrarium.

[John]

That'll teach me to load a thread and take 15 minutes to answer it. So, what Mike said!

[MikeM670]

That'll teach me to load a thread and take 15 minutes to answer it. So, what Mike said!

hahahaha

[Lacibeth]

I'm a bit of a nut when it comes to disinfecting, so after the bleach rinse I use non-iodized table salt and scrub everything down again and let it sit overnight. Outside of halophilic bacteria--not a whole heck of a lot can take that much salt, including Bd.

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PH...nson-2003b.pdf

[John]

Bd can't stand bleach either. The salt is a little redundant.