Liquinox for Cleaning

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Can liquinox detergent be safely used for cleaning tanks or buckets (anything with a flat surface without crevices- not pumps or heaters etc)? I know dishwashing soaps are no good, but liquinox is lab-grade and supposed to leave no residue. I used this in a microbiology lab I interned at, in cleaning ware used for producing cultures, as well as a marine lab I work at for specimen containers. The website says the soap is biodegradable but also says it contains a surfactant. To quote the description on the website: "Authorized by USDA for use in federally inspected meat and poultry plants. Passes inhibitory residue test for water analysis. Used for phosphate sensitive analysis ware. FDA certified."

I've not seen any issues with livestock in the marine lab, but there's also continuous water supply running through the tanks which is very different from home aquaria.

 

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Please let me know if this thread is in the wrong forum. Here is another quote from the site detailing the surfactant:

The key ingredient for cleaning by wetting, emulsifying and dispersing is the surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate. This ingredient is identical in both cleaners. The surface tension, which correlates with wetting, emulsifying and dispersant characteristics, is 32 dynes per cm in both Alconox and Liquinox detergent.

 

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Anybody?

Bueller..... Bueller...

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I wouldn't be inclined to use a detergent unless the thing you are trying to remove was very oily and very undesirable.

What exactly are you trying to remove from smooth plastic surfaces?

 

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I wouldn't be inclined to use a detergent unless the thing you are trying to remove was very oily and very undesirable.

What exactly are you trying to remove from smooth plastic surfaces?

General cleaning solution for pipettes, cuvettes, maybe sticker residue from a piece of equipment or PVC for quarantine tank. It's nice seeing what you are cleaning and it's less abrasive than using bleach or an acid to clean something you use every day.
Seeing as it's used for cleaning labware for cultures and ultrasonic cleaning, for which both applications require near-zero residue, I'd assume it to be safe in most aquarium applications... and maybe even safer than using bleach when proper drying time isn't an option.