Hey there
Recently I bought an old Exo Terra-Terrarium off someone I found in one of these craigslist-like apps.
It´s nice and big (45x45x60 aka 18x18x24 inch) and didn´t cost much (20€-thats nearly free for this size).
Sadly there is a problem with it (as with most very cheap things): it spend the last five years in the flat of chainsmokers and it strongly smells like nicotine. I had the whole thing soaking in my bathtub for about 10 hours and after a lot of water changes, it seemed kinda clean and the water wasn´t brown anymore.
It still has a lot of the smell on it tho.
I don´t want to risk that the animals I´m going to put in there will get any health issues from this, so i would like to clean it even more.
My dad recommended bare soap and vinegar, but I´m not fully sure if thats the best thing to do.
Does anyone here have a clue how to get rid of the smell and possible nicotine-residues?
Any advice or ideas would be apprichiated.
Recently I bought an old Exo Terra-Terrarium off someone I found in one of these craigslist-like apps.
It´s nice and big (45x45x60 aka 18x18x24 inch) and didn´t cost much (20€-thats nearly free for this size).
Sadly there is a problem with it (as with most very cheap things): it spend the last five years in the flat of chainsmokers and it strongly smells like nicotine. I had the whole thing soaking in my bathtub for about 10 hours and after a lot of water changes, it seemed kinda clean and the water wasn´t brown anymore.
It still has a lot of the smell on it tho.
I don´t want to risk that the animals I´m going to put in there will get any health issues from this, so i would like to clean it even more.
My dad recommended bare soap and vinegar, but I´m not fully sure if thats the best thing to do.
Does anyone here have a clue how to get rid of the smell and possible nicotine-residues?
Any advice or ideas would be apprichiated.
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