laurensdad Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 can i put a fluve acrilic 7- 8 galon tank in the dish washer? will the fome background make it out? the tank is plaged with BGA i have dosed it with the drugs 4 times blacked it out for a week cant kill it so i just striped it down re homed the fish., and going to store the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Don't do it will not survive trip through the dishwasher.If tank is to be stored wash out with bleach and water 20 parts water to 1 part bleach rinse out really good, dry cover top with saran wrap good to go when your ready to start it up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckmullin Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) don't do that. I've used straight bleach about 250ml to cleanse a tank...worked great. If you have bga don't tear a tank down or use drugs but use glutaraldehyde...aka Metricide...aka Excel. Trust me young grasshopper! Edited July 31, 2013 by ckmullin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blink Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 A heavy dose of excel or glut will kill BGA quite well. Since the tank is empty already it's easy. Get a small powerhead or a fluval internal filter (remove media), cover the tank with a garbage bag, fill with clean water and give a huge dose of excel then turn on in filter/powerhead and cover the tank. Let it run for a day, add more excel, let it run for a day and so on... I did it for two days when I was cleaning out a 27 gallon and it killed off all the BGA and BBA like a boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceturf Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) The acrylic itself will likely endure the voyage, perhaps slight degradation. The foam, unless high grade (very unlikely) will be subject to a low melting point, your more likely to damage your dish-washer unfortunately. If you wanted to do a boil type sterilization, I would just pour boiling water down on it for a few minutes. Edited August 1, 2013 by Iceturf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurensdad Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 i just did watar and bleach and a blade out in the yard the back ground came out i will have to re silacone it at one point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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