Thought I'd put it out there to see what peoples thoughts are on this.
I would usually just replace sand every three months when used as a knobtail gecko substrate. However, I have obtained a very limited supply of proper red desert sand, the really fine bright red/maroon dune sand you usually cannot purchase.
This being a completely limited supply, it cannot simply be thrown out and replaced. So far it is spot-cleaned every night, and re-washed in copious amounts of fresh water and dried in the sun every three months.
However, I had a thought that perhaps it could be made more hygenic by adding f10 (in the weakest dilution rate specified) to the washing bucket and leaving it soak for an hour before the copious rinsing and sun-drying.
I can't see any problem with this as it will kill any lurking nasties, but will not 'poison' the sand as it will be well and truly rinsed and sun-dried before used again.
Can anyone (knowledgeable) see a good reason not to do this?
I would usually just replace sand every three months when used as a knobtail gecko substrate. However, I have obtained a very limited supply of proper red desert sand, the really fine bright red/maroon dune sand you usually cannot purchase.
This being a completely limited supply, it cannot simply be thrown out and replaced. So far it is spot-cleaned every night, and re-washed in copious amounts of fresh water and dried in the sun every three months.
However, I had a thought that perhaps it could be made more hygenic by adding f10 (in the weakest dilution rate specified) to the washing bucket and leaving it soak for an hour before the copious rinsing and sun-drying.
I can't see any problem with this as it will kill any lurking nasties, but will not 'poison' the sand as it will be well and truly rinsed and sun-dried before used again.
Can anyone (knowledgeable) see a good reason not to do this?