Safely Bleaching Aquarium Equipment

In this video I show you how i bleach my filter parts to get them to look much cleaner and remove algae

[kathylee]

Very straight forward and easy to follow. My freshwater tank was plagued with red algae-the kind that doesn't wipe off...or scrub off. Much appreciated!!!

[taylormorgan]

Great video man, I liked it very informative compared to a lot of others about cleaning aquarium plants etc.

[EireFirst]

Doing this 20 years pal, you're doing good ONCE you prime everything after ✌️

[Chilam.]

Hey, I need help with this!, so I got a turtle about 6 months and as I do with all my pets I put the little guy in quarentine in this tank, 6 months later the turtle is still doing more than fine but I'm getting a pair of frogs, im going to use the same tank so I was wondering if I should disinfect the tank to quarentine them for a month 🤔
Thanks for the help but I'm not native and my English isn't that good

[EireFirst]

Stick it in the sun??? 😂😂😂😂 Not here in Ireland 😭😂

[bringlovetolife]

Thanks... this was a great help! Happy New Year!

[uravggamer]

Will this work on Canister Filter tubes? Or will the bleach eat them away?

[Draknfyre]

The presented goal here is to clean the parts of gunk, but you're using the 9:1 ratio which is used for sterilizing/disinfecting. If that's also your goal, you should know not all bleach disinfects. Just like alcohol has to be at least 60% to actually kill germs, bleach has to have a minimum concentration of chlorine to do the same. And that amount is 5.5%. You're correct that scented or splashless bleach won't work, but concentrated bleach is fine. If the bottle doesn't list the amount of sodium-hyperchloride it contains, then it generally doesn't have enough. Store brands often don't (Wal-Mart is an exception.) The bleach from the Dollar Tree, which you use here, absolutely doesn't. It'll still work to burn off organic residue (as well as bleaching materials) so it's useful for getting rid of biofilm off equipment but it will not sterilize/disinfect it. So if you're not trying to do that, then you can use less bleach (and save money) by using a lower ratio like 20:1 or 30:1 and increase soak time to overnight. It'll do the same job and it'll be easier on the equipment. If you DO want to additionally sterilize/disinfect then you'll need to look at the active ingredients and make sure it contains at least 5.5% chloride.

[JeanineSoSweet]

I know it’s a old video but I have a question my Oscar fishes tank keep going green no matter how good I clean it I’ve tried bleach but not as much and it works for a week or so but then it starts to turn again. The only thing I don’t put in the bleach is the heater and his air stone thing . Could it be those things? And can I safely put them in bleach without it hurting the fish or the heater and stone? Thanks in advance

[aquariomarinho]

very good content of the video. following the channel, if you can sign up, thanks

[michaeljohnson]

All of my fish died after doing this !