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My beardie has coccidia so I soaked his hide and tree(all his wood stuff i threw out) in a bleach solution then soaked it in normal water for a minute wiped it down then wiped it down again then soaked it blow dryed it.Is it ok? It still smells like bleach.
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My Leo's
1.0.0 Normal
0.1.0 Tremper Albino
My Beardie
0.0.1 Red x Gold

My beardie has been fighting parasites, too.

After the bleach solution I don't soak, I rinse with hot water, a lot. Then let it air out for at least 24 hours.

If I were you I wouldn't replace the furniture until the coccidia is gone, otherwise you'll be cleaning it daily. Use paper towls for substrate, and bare minimum furniture. I've been using old cardboard soda boxes with cave-like holes cut in them, then just throw them away when they get dirty.
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1.0.1 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

I dont really get much stuff with cardboard so should I disinfect the stuff everyday or just soak it in hot water every day?
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My Leo's
1.0.0 Normal
0.1.0 Tremper Albino
My Beardie
0.0.1 Red x Gold

Ciccidia is especially hard to get rid of. You'll probably have to just leave the furniture out completely until it's gone.

Here's a snippet from an article about coccidia courtesy of reptilerooms.com.....

"Quarantine This probably the most important part of treatment and the prevention of reinfection by coccidia.
Quarantine will also minimize the risk of spreading the parasites to other animals in the household who could in turn reinfect the dragon later on.
Keep the affected dragon in as sterile and clean an environment as possible recovery. perhaps the best method is to use a large RubberMaid tub (aka Tote), rather than the dragon's cage or aquarium. Thsse tubs have the advantage of being lightweight, easy to clean and inexpensive (and at the end of the day, you can use them for storage in the basement!)
Simplicity is the best way to make a quarantine cage. Use paper towels (such as kitchen towels) in the bottom, not a granular substrate. The towels must be replaced and the tubs washed with a 10% bleach : water solution as soon as possible after any faeces are produced and in any event, at least once a day. Reinfection is the most common cause of a failed treatment, so this is important.
It goes without saying that a source of UVA/UVB and heat must also be supplied as you would in a normal cage and it is a good idea to provide a heating pad set on the lowest temperature setting at night if the house becomes cool (turn it off when the lights come on in the morning.)
Higher temperatures increase immune system functions, assists in faster absorption of medication and speeds up the explulsion of drugs from the body which reduces the build up of toxins.
While your dragon is undergoing treatment, leave out all rocks, branches etc as they can harbour bacteria and parasites which will in turn reinfect your dragon."

I've provided the link to the rest of the article at the end of this post. I think it is very helpful and informative. Good luck.
http://www.reptilerooms.com/framepage.php?laction=showframe&requrl=http://www.geocities.com/bordervi

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1.0.1 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

Dang, looks like it's going to be hard to link to that website. Do a google search on "Dr Klingenberg coccidia" then the third or so link will be called "The Reptile Rooms :: Who's Scaley now?"

Once you're there scroll down to the link titled "Coccidiosis"
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1.0.1 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)

1/10 parts bleach to 9/10 parts water , soak for about 5 min's than rinse well than place in simmering water or pour boiling water over it a couple of times. Than dry in direct sunshine outside if possible, in the hottest place outside you can find. I put mine on the car hood but I live in a desert. Throw out all wood or anything else that is pourous, believe it or not that will include some rock such as sandstone. Try 2 enclousres so you can clean one as other one is being used. hope some of this helps

i have a suggestion regarding bleach. i used to work in a lab animal facility, and i had to work a lot with bleach for disinfection in the fish room. there were not just fish, there were also xenopus, turtles, and water snakes. we had to disinfect glass aquariums, nets, aquarium rocks, thermometers, heaters, even wood and porous rocks from the reef tank (i don't know anything about coccidia, though) everything that came into contact with the animals or their water with bleach.

we would soak the stuff in a bucket of bleach/water, then dump all the bleach water out and refill the bucket with hot water and a chemical produced for fishtanks to remove chlorine. we would soak the stuff in that for a while and then rinse individually everything with running hot water, and then left to dry.

if you were going to be bleaching everything on a very regular basis and are worried about traces of bleach and how it will affect your dragon, i would suggest getting some of that dechlorinator stuff. you can get it in the fish aisle of any pet store.

amanda