Cleaning a used all in one tank

[thatone08]

Bought a Red Sea Max Nano used. And want to clean it before I start to cycle. Can I use the vinegar method, for built in filtration like the bubble sponge after the protein skimmer.

what’s the best way to clean the protein skimmer. Tank looks pretty clean with only some salt creep on the plastic dividing the display from the filtration area.

 

[Quietman]

Vinegar is fine or citric acid (powder form sold). Use the white or cleaning vinegar (5% and 6% acetic acid) and not the industrial 20% and up.

Clean the skimmer best you can withvinegar solution, then run in diluted vinegar solution for an hour (or more). Rinse in clean water.

 

[thatone08]

Vinegar is fine or citric acid (powder form sold). Use the white or cleaning vinegar (5% and 6% acetic acid) and not the industrial 20% and up.

Clean the skimmer best you can withvinegar solution, then run in diluted vinegar solution for an hour (or more). Rinse in clean water.

Thank you!

 

[G Santana]

I had my 130 gallon sitting in my basement for 25 years collecting muck and bugs, I cleaned it with vinegar and its been 6 months now no real problems.

 

[Mr Fishface]

I have used vinegar in the past with no issues. Just rinse in plain water after!

 

[thatone08]

This tank has been cleansed!

 

[thatone08]

Vinegar solution. Ran that for a day through everything. Then siphoned out, ran clean water. Put all the small stuff in 5 gallon bucket with vinegar solution. And scrubbed what I could. Rinsed. Then finally set the tank up

 

[Blumon18]

Question I cleaned my glass and sand lastnight what is this pink stuff

 

[thatone08]

Question I cleaned my glass and sand lastnight what is this pink stuff

This might get more views if you start a new thread. For me the pink is kinda hard to make out. The only thing pink looking to me is on the sand? Which to me just looks like clean patches of sand.

Maybe @vetteguy53081 can help a bit more.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like tank can use a good siphoning or even rip clean. Add some cleaning crew for algae such as Turbo snails, astrea-nassarius-cerith and nerite snails and about 9 carribean blue leg hermits.
BEFORE adding snails, try a couple of doses of Liquid vibrant which may do wonders. You cal also add 1.5ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gals at night safely

 

[davidcalgary29]

3% hydrogen peroxide! Make sure that you're not doing this with the food-grade stuff (17% or even 30%).

 

[Blumon18]

Looks like tank can use a good siphoning or even rip clean. Add some cleaning crew for algae such as Turbo snails, astrea-nassarius-cerith and nerite snails and about 9 carribean blue leg hermits.
BEFORE adding snails, try a couple of doses of Liquid vibrant which may do wonders. You cal also add 1.5ml of hydrogen peroxide per 10 gals at night safely

I used a sand rake thingy I bought and got most of it out

 

[Blumon18]

I used a sand rake thingy I bought and got most of it out

And my pictures are before and after