Decontaminating equipment

[Ruzoko]

Around 6 months ago I had a fish in QT die of ich. I rinsed everything and it basically sat in the garage until now since its a lot of equipment i can use. I had everything soak in water/distilled white vinegar for around 6hrs and rinsed. Aside from the allowing to dry entirely for a few days would this stuff be ready for use again? Or other procedure I should do? Also can you use distilled white vinegar to clean a protein skimmer has gunk in an area i cant get to.

 

[mdb_talon]

6 months you should have no issues with any ich remaining.

 

[Porpoise Hork]

If they managed to survive after 6 months then you have found the super mutant tardigrade ich..

 

[Ruzoko]

If they managed to survive after 6 months then you have found the super mutant tardigrade ich..

Good to know xD and if ich survived i think ill send a sample off lol

 

[PatW]

The only problem you might have is if you treated with copper. Marine inverts are really sensitive to copper. You soaking the equipment in vinegar should do the trick in removing any residual copper. I used to do work in environmental nutrient cycling. We cleaned our glassware with a rinse of 5% HCL (muriatic acid). The dilute strong acid stripped out any cations (positive ions like copper) from the glassware. You could do that. But it is probably not necessary. I would say that you are good to go.

 

[Ruzoko]

The only problem you might have is if you treated with copper. Marine inverts are really sensitive to copper. You soaking the equipment in vinegar should do the trick in removing any residual copper. I used to do work in environmental nutrient cycling. We cleaned our glassware with a rinse of 5% HCL (muriatic acid). The dilute strong acid stripped out any cations (positive ions like copper) from the glassware. You could do that. But it is probably not necessary. I would say that you are good to go.

Kk aside from that the 2nd tank had kanaplex.