I had a virus strike my tank killing all my bettas and 3 plecos ( 20 long community with 2 bristlenose and a rubberlip). It killed fast with no way to treat.
I would like to be able to save my filter. So I was researching, Most places recommend bleach but we do not keep any in my house. So I found one method that involved hydrogen peroxide and I want to make sure I did it right.
I took out my filter media and disposed of it then washed ( just using cool running water) any debris from my filter, I left it disassembled and filled a bucket with 1/2 gallon of water and about 1 tbsp of hydrogen peroxide and left it run 24 hours, then today I dumped that rinsed everything and put the filter back in the bucket with tap water. The filter was left to run both in the hyrogen peroxide solution and now in the regular water.
After this I will leave it apart ( turn it off of course) and lay it out to completely dry for a week.
Will this make it safe .. I will not put my axolotls at risk. My lotls filter isnt cutting it and this filter is rated for up to a 100 gallon but can be adjusted.
Btw yes Fungal infections and such can affect lotls and they are even more sensitive than fish as they have no scales.
Though this is not about my lotls lol I just wanna be 100% sure this filter is safe.
I would like to be able to save my filter. So I was researching, Most places recommend bleach but we do not keep any in my house. So I found one method that involved hydrogen peroxide and I want to make sure I did it right.
I took out my filter media and disposed of it then washed ( just using cool running water) any debris from my filter, I left it disassembled and filled a bucket with 1/2 gallon of water and about 1 tbsp of hydrogen peroxide and left it run 24 hours, then today I dumped that rinsed everything and put the filter back in the bucket with tap water. The filter was left to run both in the hyrogen peroxide solution and now in the regular water.
After this I will leave it apart ( turn it off of course) and lay it out to completely dry for a week.
Will this make it safe .. I will not put my axolotls at risk. My lotls filter isnt cutting it and this filter is rated for up to a 100 gallon but can be adjusted.
Btw yes Fungal infections and such can affect lotls and they are even more sensitive than fish as they have no scales.
Though this is not about my lotls lol I just wanna be 100% sure this filter is safe.