Advice on sterilising 2nd hand tank

[Gourami_Boy]

Hi all, I woke up this morning and my father had bought me a used tank from a market. Its quite dirty (dry algea ect) and Im not sure wether I need to clean it using a sterilant.

Any advice would be nice!

Dave :)

[NJ Devils Fan]

Use a rag and viniger, works very well. If you have something called Oxyclean, you can use that also.

[wetmanNY]

Though aquariums benefit from all kinds of bacteria, you could pretty well sterilize this with a 1;1 Clorox solution. When sodium hypochlorite dries, all it leaves is a little sodium chloride.

Whatever you do, don't use any soap or detergent in an aquarium. OxyClean was a good suggestion: no soap, all percarbonate.

[somefinnfishy]

When I get a scumy tank.I sit it on the floor fill it with like 140deg water 1/2 cup bleach per 50G cover tight with plastic (shrink wrap)let sit over night most the time the crud falls off if not its all loose +you get to see if its water tight.Also I find that I reseal 1/2 the tanks I find even if they dont leak.