Cleaning out old tanks

[Trentondrummer33]

Curious as to what everyone uses to clean out empty or old tanks with coraline, and other algae still on the glass


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[TonsOfun]

For the glass I just use water and a brand new scraper. For other cleaning purposes vinegar helps as well.

 

[ionix]

Agreed with Tons, I just use a glass scraper that you'd normally use for painting. Doubt you'd really need vinegar, just be sure to avoid the silicone though.

 

[Rikerbear]

Vinegar does wonders...but nothing beats a scrapper

 

[BarbH]

Distilled white vinegar works well for anything that its really stubborn. To remove the algae build up that was on the back of the tank I filled it up with water, added a gallon of vinegar to 10 gallons of water and let it soak over night. Just don't do this with any livestock in the tank

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[Trentondrummer33]

Did you run the filters?


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[Eric B]

You can also use a 20% muratic acid to water solution as it will clean better/faster than vinegar and eats calcium/coraline deposits fast off the tank. Just use in a well ventilated area preferable outside and I never scrub pieces and use it for pretty much all aquarium cleaning. Just let it do its magic for an hour or so then wash well with fresh water.

 

[ionix]

Did you run the filters?


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Circulation fans should keep the solution moving and blended but I've, personally, never had to leave my tanks overnight.

Though if no circulation fan, go ahead with a cartridgeless filter for flow.

Entirely, I would just scrape, hose, scrape, hose. A little elbow grease and a scraper go a long way to achieve a shiny tank.