[Beardies are the best]

Hi, I have got some `Beaphar Reptile Safe Disinfectant` and I just wondered if this is safe to use for millipedes

Thanks for any replies:2thumb:

 

[garlicpickle]

I don't know, the product information is here http://www.beaphar.co.uk/data/styleit/files/Deep_Clean_Disinfectant_Reptile.pdf

but personally I only use plain water with a spot of washing up liquid for cleaning invert tanks, and rinse well after washing.

 

[Beardies are the best]

Has anyone else used this for inverts, or should I just use water. I have brought a small rub to put my millipedes in while I clean them out, I have to drill holes in the top for air, and I wanted to know if i could clean the rub out with this disinfectant after I have drilled the holes

 

[spicewwfc]

I really wouldn't bother, inverts don't react well to cleaning products.
Even reptile safe disinfectants have things in them harmful to inverts.
Unless you want to risk your millipedes lives for the sake of some unnecessary cleanliness, don't do it.
Why do you want to disinfect them anyway? They don't need to live in a sterile environment, microbes are very beneficial to their enclosure.

 

[Beardies are the best]

Should I just use warm water and a sponge then

 

[garlicpickle]

I'd just use water yes.

 

[spicewwfc]

Should I just use warm water and a sponge then

Yup that's all you need.

That's what I use anyway, no fairy, nothing.
If I need to get streaks off the glass, I just dilute some vinegar in some warm water, seems to work well.

 

[Beardies are the best]

Thanks

 

[kris74]

All these disinfectants are a big con IMO. Hot soapy water is pretty much as good as anything for tasks like this. Just make sure the water is nice and hot and it'll kill off just as many nasties as a disinfectant