cleaning

Hello, I need to clean my chiller out and I'm wondering what's the proper ratio of vinegar to water and how long I should let it run through the chiller? I was think 1:1 vinegar to water but I'm not sure. I also think 1hr would be good but idk just a guess. If anyone has had experience with this...

Hi all, For folks that keep coral on the sand bed, particularly LPS - how do you go about cleaning your sand bed? Just be very careful around them?

I'm cycling a new nano tank (IM Fusion 20 Gallon), and I got a pack of Seaside Aquatics ceramic bio-spheres from BRS to put in the back of the AIO. The spheres just come in a mesh media bag from BRS tossed in cardboard shipping box. The media bag was in tatters too with holes ripped (or chewed)...

So I'm relatively new to reef keeping we used to have a really big saltwater tank in our house but my dad got rid of it and I was like well hey I'd like to start reefing so I got myself a little ten gallon all in one unit and a decent light (not strong enough for hard corals rip) and setup my...

How should you be cleaning new equipment before using it/putting it in your tank? A new tank after sitting in a box in a warehouse? Powerheads and pumps with oils and grease from assembly and the manufacturing process? Nets, gravel vacs and other tools sitting on the racks at LFS? Do you just...

How important is it to remove old dried spirorbid when cleaning and setting up a used aquarium and sump? Your experience is appreciated. Used Waterbox frag 85.3 cleaning

I need assistance with tips on cleaning the bottom glass perimeter of the tank. To complicate things, the tank has a 4in Eurobrace around the whole top and center. The algae is the tough green algae that grows on glass. I use a flipper to normally clean the glass, but this stuff is tough. I...

How much "seed algae" do people leave on the sides of their screen for their algae turf scrubber after a cleaning? I did my first major cleaning yesterday and didnt want to strip too much off. I ran my credit card over both sides of the screens but that did not remove much algae. When I put my...

Hello, I have a AquaOne AquaNano 60 tank with a Multi Stage Back Filter. I clean my filter sponges and change my carbon monthly however, today I have seen a lot floating in the water of my fish tank and realise that the glass at the back of the tank (where the sponges and carbon are kept) is...

I was wondering if you can use a pressure washer on filter roller fleece as you would with a filter sock once it’s dirty. I have no specific brand in mind, just wondering if I’ll have to replace the fleece rollers all the time or if I can really wash them hard as I do with my current filter socks.

Hey I’m looking to upgrade and my uncle’s friend said he would sell me this for $200 since he’s getting out of the hobby. Does this look like it can be cleaned and any ideas on why it’s so dirty? Thanks (it’s the IM Nuvo mini 40g with stand)

My 65g rodi container just in the past month has started to smell a little funky whenever I go to fill up a bucket of rodi water. Kind of a fishy smell is how I’d describe it. Figure it’s time to empty it out and give it a cleaning. How do you guys clean yours? Take a pressure washer to it...

Question for everyone, I just brought a second-hand Acrylic tank, wasn't brought from an LFS, and I was told it had big scratches inside, and they have polished them out. I am worried about what was used to do the cut & polish, so what is the best thing I can use to clean the inside of the tank...

Hey R2R, I've lurked for a while but I'm finally getting on the horse and reviving a 5 gallon pico I just moved home with. I will attach pictures as I learn how, but I'm currently dealing with a cyano-fiasco and extremely destabilized water params (uneven filling with distilled water, low water...

Hello, I am very new to reefing and taking my time to learn while also giving myself time to get the right equipment. to start off, I got the red sea reefer tank second hand, 170litre display and a 30 litre sump. For the first while I’m going to use premixed water but I can’t figure out how...

I see a lot of waste on the bottom of my overflow. It is 29 inch down. How often and how do you clean it? Should there are a lot of copopods in there

Having a daily auto-water change, I very rarely do a manual water change - but occasionally give a vac to my sandbed and filter through a python syphon to a large fine filter sock in my sump. Works great, although it clogs after a few minutes. Wondering if anyone has a better solution for this?

Hey fellas i have a tank with no live stock in it that had Dino’s. I plan to restart the setup with live sand and live rock. I wanted to clean the whole system before adding new rock and sand. My plan is to drain the tank fill it with freshwater and then run vinegar through the whole system for...

Hey guys! It's me :D If you have to attend to other fish hobbyists that are having emergencies or something, go ahead xD But what I want to talk about is how much do I change water. I have a kind of small tank, and I want my fish to have the best way of life possible, so I started feeding them a...

I’ve always wondered why every time I clean my aquarium, when I pour the new water after siphoning, my fish always swim towards it? Maybe it has something to do with oxygenation? My filter is pretty big for the tank size but I find it weird that even though fish are scared by strong currents of...

Is it okay to clean the filter sock with tap water instead of RODI water?

So in a previous discussion, I was told that sometimes leaving your glass alone rather than constantly cleaning it will clear it up. It did not work for me at first so I went back to cleaning daily, sometimes twice a day. this past week or so I have been busy with college finals, my birthday...

Parameters using API test kits Ph:8.2 Nitrate: 5-10 ppm Alk: 11 Calc: 440 ppm Phosphate: undetectable (api goes from 0- .25 so my goal is to keep it undetectable until I get better kits) currently running carbon my tank is currently going on month 4. Diatoms died out and I’ve been trying to...

I recently cleaned a used aquarium that i just bought with vinegar, and i rinced it with water. ive seen other poeple do that, but it only occured to me that it could have an effect on water chemestry and livestock health, like with Ph and whatnot. i have a 55 gallon, so i cant touroughly rince...

Hey everyone, I have coralline algae growing on my front glass. I know that’s a good thing because my tank is mature and healthy but it’s also annoying because it’s so difficult to remove. My question is what would be the most effective way of removing it without an expensive blade or scraper...