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Originally Posted by emc7
Wow salt and chlorine twice. I would have used 1 cup of bleach per gallon once (24 hrs on) and then let totally dry before refilling w/dechlor.
But you get the idea. Kill everything and start like a brand new tank.
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emc: I know that I am very conservative in my thinking but what is the cost of one very nice GN pleco juvie?
I have only been there once but what I described was my algorithm.
My concern with your algorithm was the effect of the concentration.
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Originally Posted by fatfatfish
Also, you said 'with a maximum warm water saline solution" for decorations or things like that...what is a maximum warm water saline solution? Is that just like, a whole boatload of salt ?
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fff: I said something wrong.
The "decorations or things like that" must be soaked in a mild chlorine solution also.
The salt performs two functions:
Chlorine, in spite of the literature, will not remove all pathogens but the salt will remove most of the remainder.
The supersaturation will provide free salt granules which are mild abrasives.
Do not just dump a ton of salt into your tank which is filled with warm water. The large jugs of salt are very inexpensive (if nothing else get a 5G bag of ice cream salt). Dump a few pounds into the tank and stir. Probably some salt will not be in solution. These free salt granules form the mild abrasive which clean the walls and decorations with scrubbing.
TR