Successful Humidity levels in a glass tank!

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Originally Posted by rabernet

So, when you disinfect all your enclosures (which I believe is recommended 2-4 times a year), not just clean them, isn't it a pain to lug all those tanks around?

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You tell me Robin? Don't you keep Kash in a glass viv? I've yet to do the full on disenfect I just got Damain in mid January, but I am getting ready to change substrate and clean out tank then get my Flex all hooked up with my t-stat. I'm still waiting on the chlorhexidene from Matt along with my reflectix.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

However, that's cleaning the tanks, not disinfecting them, as I understand it.

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Actually, Chlorehexidine is a bacteriacide/virucide so it is a disinfectant. I'm not sure how spraying the tank down with it, then wiping it down would be cleaning, not disinfecting. That's how Vet's use it when disinfecting exam tables etc between animals.

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Originally Posted by Damian7

You tell me Robin? Don't you keep Kash in a glass viv?

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Yes, it's a pain to lug Kash's ONE tank and disinfect it. My question if it was a pain to do the same with multiples. I DON'T have experience with that.

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Originally Posted by monkeywrench133

Actually, Chlorehexidine is a bacteriacide/virucide so it is a disinfectant. I'm not sure how spraying the tank down with it, then wiping it down would be cleaning, not disinfecting. That's how Vet's use it when disinfecting exam tables etc between animals.

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From a post that Adam made in January, I don't believe that would be considered disinfecting. Here's what he posted on another thread asking about cleaning.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

There's a huge difference between cleaning and disinfecting.

Spraying and wiping is cleaning ... soaking with a disinfectant for 15 - 30 minutes is disinfecting.

We clean every single cage, water bowl, and hide box every single week. Each month we rotate through portions of the shop disinfecting so that every 4 - 6 months every single thing in the shop is disinfected at least once (more often for quarantine cages or if a sick animal is found).

I use shop rags too ... I get them cheap enough that I can use 1 rag per box ... when we're done, they are soaked and then washed in hot water, soap, and a heavy amount of bleach.

Hope this helps.

-adam

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I think we're arguing semantics here Robin, spraying with a disinfectant and wiping down is disinfecting. Soaking in disinfectant, et. al, every 4-6 months is thorough disinfecting. It's the difference between giving your house a once over every week, and doing "spring cleaning", a matter of degrees.

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Originally Posted by monkeywrench133

I think we're arguing semantics here Robin, spraying with a disinfectant and wiping down is disinfecting. Soaking in disinfectant, et. al, every 4-6 months is thorough disinfecting. It's the difference between giving your house a once over every week, and doing "spring cleaning", a matter of degrees.

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Which goes back to - isn't it difficult to do a thorough disinfecting with all those tanks? That's all my question is. I know that it is for ONE tank (which I hope to get rid of soon), and I wondered how challenging it was for those of you who keep multiple glass vivs to do the thorough disinfecting with soaking (as I do every three months with all my enclosures - the tubs being much easier than the glass viv).

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Which goes back to - isn't it difficult to do a thorough disinfecting with all those tanks? That's all my question is. I know that it is for ONE tank (which I hope to get rid of soon), and I wondered how challenging it was for those of you who keep multiple glass vivs to do the thorough disinfecting with soaking (as I do every three months with all my enclosures - the tubs being much easier than the glass viv).

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Does it really matter, though? I mean...we can all imagine what it feels like to lug multiple glass tanks to another room or outside and go through the process of getting them "operating-room" clean. For some people, that's really not that big of a deal...for others, it would be an insurmountable difficulty. How "hard" something is to do is entirely subjective and changes considerably from house to house and person to person. Are we just trying to prove that people who use glass tanks aren't taking as good care of their animals as those who use lighter, simpler enclosures?

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Originally Posted by JLC

Are we just trying to prove that people who use glass tanks aren't taking as good care of their animals as those who use lighter, simpler enclosures?

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No, not at all - I use one myself.

My apologies if that's how it appears. I've not had a good day today and am particularly sensitive right now, and I guess it's "melting" into the boards. So, please accept my apologies and disregard my previous posts. I'll wait until the impending "meltdown" has passed (my personal meltdown - not board related) before I post again. :oops:

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I've not had a good day today and am particularly sensitive right now, and I guess it's "melting" into the boards. So, please accept my apologies and disregard my previous posts. I'll wait until the impending "meltdown" has passed (my personal meltdown - not board related) before I post again. :oops:

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I hope your day gets better, and that your "meltdown" is over quickly:)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

No, not at all - I use one myself.

My apologies if that's how it appears. I've not had a good day today and am particularly sensitive right now, and I guess it's "melting" into the boards. So, please accept my apologies and disregard my previous posts. I'll wait until the impending "meltdown" has passed (my personal meltdown - not board related) before I post again. :oops:

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I SO know how you feel! :hug: If you can....hot tea, soft music, and a cheesey gossip magazine! ;)