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    Re: mites.

    i just got done treating my 175 gallon tank,,boy that was a few hours of work,,,,i had to take all the dirt out and i removed the turtle tank also,,,which required moveing all the water out first,,then the wood chips,,which i got rid of it all,,,everything was removed,,then i sprayed mite spray all in the tank then new bedding,,,i removed the snakes first of course and sprayed them with mite spray and ran warm water in the bath tub,,u should have seen them swimming around,,it was awsome,,anyways,,cleaned them up and put them in the cleaned up tank,,will continue to spray the tank untill no more are seen,,which i dont see any right now,,took about 14....10 gallon bags of dirt and wood chips out,,there big rock and all other things in the tank,,took atleast 3 hrs of work,,lol,,all the fake greens were scalded in hot water for about 1 hr then sprayed off with hot water then put back in the tank

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    Re: mites.

    Quote Originally Posted by brandon0133 View Post
    i just got done treating my 175 gallon tank,,boy that was a few hours of work,,,,i had to take all the dirt out and i removed the turtle tank also,,,which required moveing all the water out first,,then the wood chips,,which i got rid of it all,,,everything was removed,,then i sprayed mite spray all in the tank then new bedding,,,i removed the snakes first of course and sprayed them with mite spray and ran warm water in the bath tub,,u should have seen them swimming around,,it was awsome,,anyways,,cleaned them up and put them in the cleaned up tank,,will continue to spray the tank untill no more are seen,,which i dont see any right now,,took about 14....10 gallon bags of dirt and wood chips out,,there big rock and all other things in the tank,,took atleast 3 hrs of work,,lol,,all the fake greens were scalded in hot water for about 1 hr then sprayed off with hot water then put back in the tank
    Best of luck. The main thing is to followup as you are already planning. I'm having a minor problem with two of my enclosures, but looking like it's now under control.
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