Equipment Sanitation

[Sleepydoc]

Someone asked a question regarding sanitizing a salinity tester between different tanks and it got me thinking - what's the best way to sanitize equipment to prevent possible transmission between tanks?

I know cryptocaryon cannot survive extreme hypo salinity or desiccation, rinsing and drying with DI water should be adequate.

Likewise, some Amyloodinium has been reported to survive down to 3 ppt, but not lower, and not desiccation, so rinsing and drying should be adequate here, too.

Would this be adequate for other disease? And if you wanted to use a piece of equipment before it had completely dried, what other protocols would be adequate?

Bleach should work but is not compatible with many materials and is pretty toxic if you don't get it rinsed off completely.

Peroxide and vinegar also come to mind as good, safe sanitation agents.

 

[Big G]

I use bleach, rinse, rinse, rinse, dry to remove biofilm from tanks and equipment.
Then, I use vinegar, rinse, rinse, rinse, dry to precipitate copper into a harmless form on tanks and equipment.
Lastly, If there has been a nasty disease/parasite, I use hydrogen peroxide, rinse, rinse, rinse, dry.

 

[Saveafish]

Roccal-d

 

[KrisReef]

Use a dedicated dropper for each tank. Don't let the water from one tank enter another. "Yes, you need to wash your hands under hot water with soap between each measurement." Florence Nightengale.

 

[fabutahoun]

I like to use vinegar , not toxic, easy to use, cheep and always aviable.

 

[Frtdrmrose7]

After my bout with Uronema I have the QT and equipment running in 15% bleach water then will wipe down and hit it with vinegar.