Bleach and parasite

Wildreefs · Jan 20, 2019

ran 2 gallons of bleach thru my 50 cube (60 total volume with sump). Did this in freshwater (drained saltwater and filled with fresh) and ran for 3 hours, rinsed several times and dechlor added .

Let it dry out 2 days , took the rock, which had already been bleached, and placed in oven at 200 degrees to further dry and hopefully blast any parasites that may have survived bleach.

With no organization in tank, no sand etc, was 2 gallons enough to kill brook, Uronema, velvet etc?

Frtdrmrose7 · Jan 20, 2019

I believe the standard according to Humblefish should be 100 ppm bleach. I would guess 2 gallons is a lot more than that. Maybe we can get his opinion.

@Humblefish

Humblefish · Jan 20, 2019

Frtdrmrose7 said:
I believe the standard according to Humblefish should be 100 ppm bleach.

^^ Yes; follow this dosing guide: https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/dwgwp/DW/chlorinedosageemergencydisinfection.pdf

rkpetersen · Jan 20, 2019

Humblefish said:
^^ Yes; follow this dosing guide: https://dec.vermont.gov/sites/dec/files/dwgwp/DW/chlorinedosageemergencydisinfection.pdf

Thanks Humble, that's a nice table!

So a gallon of regular liquid chlorine bleach will disinfect about 500 gallons.

I think OP is good to go.

4FordFamily · Jan 20, 2019

Yup appears you’re more than good to go!

rkpetersen · Jan 20, 2019

Also, Welcome to R2R @Wildreefs !

Wildreefs · Jan 20, 2019

Ok, is 100 ppm , or gallon in this case, kill all stages of inch, along with velvet, brook etc?

Humblefish · Jan 20, 2019

Wildreefs said:
Ok, is 100 ppm , or gallon in this case, kill all stages of inch, along with velvet, brook etc?

Yes - but circulate for 24 hrs

Wildreefs · Jan 20, 2019

Humblefish said:
Yes - but circulate for 24 hrs

Thanks Bobby.
(Same name as me btw)

Assuming it was some sort of parasite that wiped my new tank clean (zero ammonia as they were dying, no obvious set up issues temp, oxygen etc) will refiring the tank after bleach, and housing the two remaining fish in a combination of copper power, metroplex, and prazi for at least 30 days take care of the usual suspects (inch,velvet,brook, uro etc) with some certainty.

All new fish will go thru the same procedure.

I did move a rock from the diseased tank to quarantine (2 rocks, about 8 pounds worth) for some bio filtration, but since I’m using meds, my hope is there eradicated in qt. (Of course I will neve use rock on display again)

I used same water from display, figuring with Chems in water, whatever infected fish should succumb in it during the qt.