Fish Food Utensils (1 Viewer)

[Guest]

I just made up my first batch of homemade fish food. Nothing fancy - I basically just took all the frozen/flake foods I normally use and mixed them together, to make it easier for the housesitter to feed the tank while we are on vacation.

Anyway, I was wondering how you all clean your utensils - mixing bowls, blender, spoons, etc. - after mixing up fish food. I rinsed everything out really well - do any of you run them through the dishwasher or had wash with detergents? I never use detergents on anything having to do with my tank, and I am assuming the same would be true for the food prep utensils, but I wanted to check to make sure.

 

[Guest]

I have been using things washed in the dishwasher against all advice forever. I use a pitcher for water changes, bowls for defrosting food, a potato peeler for throwing Cyclop-Eeze in my tank. I even think I have used plates to set live rock on. There isn't much in my kitchen that has not come in contact with salt water. I even rusted my chicken shears using them as coral fraggin shears. My first salt water tank I used a spatula to scrape algae of the glass. I haven't seen any ill effects I just rinse things off with hot water (sometimes). Just my antedotal advise though.

 

[KarenB]

Well, I didn't know that I wasn't supposed to be using dishes from the dishwasher, but I have been since day one. Although, I have always rinsed the dish or whatever (I use pitchers, etc., too) under warm tap water before I use it, just cause it makes me feel better to do it. I put them in the dishwasher because I feel that it's more "sterile" than if I washed it by hand.

 

[Cakepro]

I, too, run everything through the dishwasher without problems. Apparently Cascade Complete is very clean-rinsing.

~ Sherri

 

[Guest]

Dishwasher it is. Thanks.

 

[pernelf]

Dishwasher over here also. I love my dishwasher