How do I disinfect a dead fish's container?

[BettasRFriends]

I have no clue how to disinfect a dead fish container. I haven't put any fish in because I'm afraid. So far here's what I did: fill half of the container with very hot water, add lots of vinegar and salt in, let the container sit for 10 minutes. The next thing i did was rinse the container and refill with very hot water and let it sit for another 10 minutes. I repeated this process another two times. Is that enough for disinfecting or should I add something?

[(RC)]

I would have used some bleach, I don't know if vinegar will do the job or not.


RC

[Lisachromis]

Is the container glass or plastic?

[thatsfishy]

Let it sit overnight with hot water and bleach, then rinse the heck out of it. If it is an acrylic container instead of glass, after rinsing let it sit for a few hours with dechlor and lots of salt to draw any bleach residue out of it that may have seeped into the plastic.

[BettasRFriends]

How much salt is enough?

[thatsfishy]

Well, it's not dinner ... so put a good amount like 2 tbs/gal. You can also add your vinegar, it also neutralizes bleach. Let it air dry after you done. You shouldn't smell ANY bleach once you're ready to use it again.