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Tank and plant disinfection
I've had a bad outbreak of a virus (likely) or bacteria (less likely) which
killed several more sensitive fish. I need to disinfect one tank and gravel. An australian source mentions 200 mg/L of 65% calcium hypochlorite. However I wouldn't even know where to get that. Regular clorox (Na hypochlorite) is 6%. What dilution rate would I need to assure I've cleaned the tank - and for how long? The australian recipe is 200 mg/L for 1 hr or 100 mg/L for 24 hrs. I suppose the simple solution would be 10 times as much as clorox is 10 times weaker??? Can the plants be bleached (1:19 dilution given on the KRIB) and be clear of virus or bacteria or do they need to be destroyed? Thanks so much for any help you can provide, Sharon |
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Tank and plant disinfection
You have to take into account that Na Hypochlorite contains only half as
much Hypochlorite per Molecule as Ca Hypochlorite, since Na is only 1+, Ca is 2+. But since NaClO is almost exactly half as heavy as CaClO, this is countered out again. By my calculation, you'd need 2256 mg/l of your chlorox. By the way, I'm not familiar with chlorox, is that a cleaning agent? If so, it will also contain Chlorite, ClO2, and other cleaning agents and I wouldn't advise you to use it. If it's only Na Hypochlorite and water, it should work (at least to kill your germs, I don't know if it's dangerous to the plants and/or future fishes). "SLEngst" wrote: An australian source mentions 200 mg/L of 65% calcium hypochlorite. However I wouldn't even know where to get that. Regular clorox (Na hypochlorite) is 6%. What dilution rate would I need to assure I've cleaned the tank - and for how long? The australian recipe is 200 mg/L for 1 hr or 100 mg/L for 24 hrs. I suppose the simple solution would be 10 times as much as clorox is 10 times weaker??? |
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Tank and plant disinfection
"Benjamin Munsch" wrote in message ... SNIP By the way, I'm not familiar with chlorox, is that a cleaning agent? If so, it will also contain Chlorite, ClO2, and other cleaning agents and I wouldn't advise you to use it. If it's only Na Hypochlorite and water, it should work (at least to kill your germs, I don't know if it's dangerous to the plants and/or future fishes). Clorox is a US brand name, for bleach. About 7.5% Sodium hypochlorite I think. Bob |
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