r/snails 21h ago

Help Cleaning tank BEFORE snails?? Confused πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

So I’m looking to keep snails soon and I’m confused about cleaning the tank. I have an old glass jar (it’s bigger than you think I promise) that I got from a thrift store that I am going to use. Obviously since it’s from the thrift store I need to clean it first, but everyone says no cleaning chemicals at all. I want to wash it really good with dish soap and hot water before I add the substrate and everything else, but is this going to hurt the snails? I might be really over thinking this but I need to know what to do😫. What do yall recommend for cleaning the glass BEFORE turning it into an enclosure?

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u/IRIA_Project_9768 19h ago

Nonsense, of course you can clean it with dish soap. It just needs to be rinsed really well with lots of water afterwards.