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Old 20-10-2009, 01:01 AM
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Question Best Disinfectant or Cleaner for a glass vivarium

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I am looking for a good reptile disinfectant or cleaner to use in the glass vivarium we have, which is the best one to go for or is there a good range to look at?

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Old 20-10-2009, 12:44 PM
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Old 20-10-2009, 12:54 PM
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i use hot water with the tinyest bit of bleech but make sure the tank has time to air out and dry poply because if there is bleech left in here thats not good but it works weel good luck
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medivet disinfectant is brilliant
Its concentrate so you add it to water makes 75 litres
Add it to a spray bottle

Medivet Vetaclean 250ml Disinfectant
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Old 21-10-2009, 11:32 AM
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I use JBL BioClean - its safe and leaves the glass really clean, gets any limescale marks off as well.
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Old 21-10-2009, 12:24 PM
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medivet disinfectant is brilliant
Its concentrate so you add it to water makes 75 litres
Add it to a spray bottle

Medivet Vetaclean 250ml Disinfectant

Yea thats what I use as well, but you can use a mild solution of detox kitchen cleaner or similar,
a steam cleaner will kill everything completly but just watch you dont crack the glass with the heat.
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Old 22-10-2009, 02:36 PM
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Hi

Thanks for your comments about what to use.

I've been told about F10 as well which looks good.

It seems very similar to the Vetaclean, so I was wondering which was the best to get?

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Old 23-10-2009, 08:36 PM
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Hi

I would like to buy a disinfectant this weekend so I was wondering which was the best out of the two, Vetaclean or F10?

Any ideas?

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Hi i use F10 and it is great for general cleaning and brings yours glass to a good clean shine.

Cheers Ryan
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with f10 do you havn to rinse it off though?

i bought a different one to my usual this time and didnt read the instructions first.
and i have to rinse everything in water afterwards and its a right pain in the
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