Few questions

[Jakepen]

So I have a new tank in the works, got a used skimmer and bio reactor with wet media still inside. How do I clean them, and should I worry about any diseases being trapped in the wet media? It will be much longer than three months by the time they are online, so if there was a disease, it should have died off by than right? In the bio reactor there is a bit of vinegar left over from him cleaning it, to get that out should I just run some RODI through it, not looped so that the output just runs out, clearing excess vinegar?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

You can clean it with vinegar or bleach (not at the same time), wash with tap water and do a final rinse with RO/DI water. All of the pathogens should be dead by now, but bleach will guarantee it.

 

[Jakepen]

You can clean it with vinegar or bleach (not at the same time), wash with tap water and do a final rinse with RO/DI water. All of the pathogens should be dead by now, but bleach will guarantee it.

How well do I need to rinse it after using bleach?

 

[Flippers4pups]

How well do I need to rinse it after using bleach?

Till you don't smell it anymore. Better yet rinse and then open it up and let it air dry completely.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Agreed. Let it air dry and then rinse with Ro/DI water.

 

[Jakepen]

Thanks guys.

 

[nervousmonkey]

Vinegar kills the bleach, so run some vinegar through after bleaching it and it'll be fine.

And +1 to all the above.