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23 11:44:31

Question
what is the best way to get soap out of a fish tank??
I just bought a used fish tank didnt use any soap to clean it out just hot water and elbow grease...put new gravel and new decor in it...now i got soap bubbles....used the same buckets from my other tank never had bubble like this???

Answer
Hi Rob,
Keep rinsing it out with warm water.  Let it dry, and rinse it out again, until your are sure there is no trace of soap left in it.  Put your gravel in a bucket, and rinse, rinse, rinse, making sure there is no soap trace left...if it is a small bag of gravel, buy another one.  Rinse all your decorations very well with warm water.  
This is all you can do, I'm sorry this happened to you.
Lynda