Is it ok to clean a new fish tank with a mild detergent i,e hand soap?

my fish tank is filled with bleach, i find that my underwater bunnies do not live long.Is it ok to clean a new fish tank with a mild detergent i,e hand soap?
Its really not good to do that. Get some Cleaner from the fish store.A tank scrubber is great i get my products from pet-smart.com they have free shipping for somethingsIs it ok to clean a new fish tank with a mild detergent i,e hand soap?
One of the best things that you can use to clean a fish tank is non-iodized table salt. It acts as a good scrubber, and can be easily rinsed out. Just be sure you *DO* rinse the tank well, particularly if you are keeping freshwater fish.
if there are no fish it is ok just use very little and make sure you rinse VERY good
no-- just hot water
No.





Use a little baking soda or salt and give it a rinse if it really full of gunk....if it's brand new, all you need is a little water and a paper towel....
no it's madness to do that if even little of soap remains behind the fishes may die use salt to clean your fish tnk that will be better
i wouldnt do it...i just use hot water
It's fine to use, but you have to be sure it's absolutely clean of any residue before setting the tank up.
never use soap of any kind.
Generally not I'd just rinse it throughly. The fill. Wait 3 hours. Dump water, and rinse. It you use soap be sure rinse, then fill, dump, and rinse. Soap, and bleach is generally left for cases where all the fish in the tank died. Both are very toxic.
Well you can tell you obviously hit a touchy subject eh?





First, an aquarium is glass. Ever use soap or windex to clean glass? Of course. So that being said you can use anything you feel like to clean the glass.





All of the warnings come from inferior rinsing - that's it.





If you'd rather not take the risks of that there are many good things you can use.





One of the best is unscented chlorine bleach (e.g. clorox etc). After rinsing its pretty easy to make sure there's no trace of chlorine left by adding a little extra dechlorinator to the water.





The top of the list would be using KMnO4 (Potassium Permanganate) which is purple and stains like an SOB but there is nothing that will disinfect better especially if you've had any diseases in the tank.





If you need some scrubbing action, use salt and baking soda on a new sponge or even a scrubby [NOTE: do not try this on an acrylic tank or you will scuff it up to the point of no return]





Again, you could really wash the tank with anything you want provided you rinse excruciatingly well.
Use hot water and a piece of paper towell. Never use any soap, detergent or glass cleaner on the inside of the tank. Ever! You'll kill them.
NO, never use soap in an aquarium


just rinse it out if it is new, if it is used you can scrub it with salt
NO. NEVER do that!





No matter how much you rinse it, there might be some tiny traces of chemcials left and fishes are VERY VERY sensitive to these chemicals. They can die easily!





Buy some tank cleaners in pet store or use hot water.
NO. Some soap is very persistant and is not worth the extra work. Just rinse it out with water. If you feel you must, scrub it gently with salt water, and then rinse it out.