How To Disinfect A Tank

[Mikaila31]

I have a 20gal. tank setup in my room, (eventually i want it to be heavily planted) at the moment it's got one plant in it thats growing like crazy. I used it to house my sick bosemian rainbow fish who had a very swollen gill . He was in there for about 2 months before i had to put him down and i still have know clue what was wrong with him. The tank has been siting there for about 2 months or less with nothing in it except the plant(now multiple plants). I want to put a injured gourami in the tank to heal what should i do to disinfect the tank? would it be possible to keep the plants or would i have to throw them out?

 

[marto]

Water changes are your best bet.

Don't add any chemicals at all to clean the tank.

Clean teh glass with a clean sponge i recomend brand new, then do %30 water changes for a few days.

Do some tests on the water after a week then it shoudl come back to normal.

Try a seach on setting up a new tank, follow those instructions to redo your tank.

 

[Durbkat]

I think it would be better to strip the tank down and bleach the tank with a diluted bleach sloution and rinse rinse rinse with very hot water. Thats what I would do.