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04-28-2008, 01:38 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
Posts: 505
|  Tank Cleaning
Just thought i would ask what do we use to clean the outside of the glass,to get it nice and sparkling?, and also inside back glass is this just left dirty because moving the rocks every couple of days becomes a pain ,? | 
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04-28-2008, 01:43 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Parma Ohio Age: 27
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I just use plain white paper towel saturated with hot water and follow it with a dry piece of paper towel. As for the back i dont know of anyone who cleans it...with good water flow the only thing u should have back there is coraline algae growth. Thats all i have ever had back there. | |
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04-28-2008, 02:13 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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As i understand it you need calcium in the water to get coraline algae does this mean that in a FOWLR tank you would not see any? | |
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04-28-2008, 02:44 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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I do the same as Luvreefs23, wet and dry paper towel. As for the back, I have never cleaned any of my tanks. I let what little algae grows on it for the tangs to clean up and what ever coraline decides to grow. You will see some coraline growth in a fowlr tank but not as fast as in a reef tank. A FT doesnt need the Cal to be as high as a RT. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-28-2008, 05:11 PM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
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i go with windex (sP?) on the front with a paper towel idk if thats the best but i need to try what luna said, and i leave the back of mine be as well, the coraline alge just kinda fills the back nicely! i saw some things at petco for like sparkling water or something for reef tanks and it makes the water super clean and clear, but i have never used it b4 | |
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04-28-2008, 05:56 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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My shirt!!! Usually just use my magfloat....
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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04-28-2008, 06:01 PM
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| | Skunk Shrimp
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: monterey...cali Age: 25
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Quote:
Originally Posted by baugherb  My shirt!!! Usually just use my magfloat.... |
dito!!!
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29 gal/ 10gal refugium with more things then I have space to list.
with a 7gal sea horse tank slowly in the works | |
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04-28-2008, 06:09 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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LOL!!!! Just being honest.... I have bought wipes for aquariums but they leave streaks that I usually wipe off with my shirt anyways.... LOL!!!! | |
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04-28-2008, 06:15 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Originally Posted by nemo1991 i go with windex (sP?) on the front with a paper towel | NEVER use windex to clean an aquarium glass. Do you have an algae problem? | |
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04-28-2008, 08:06 PM
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| | Purple Spiny Lobster
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: alabama
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LUNA you genius I have been bashing my brains out trying to figure out my GHA source, guess what i use windex. | |
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