Glass Cleaning

[polifrone]

Anybody have safe way to clean the outside glass on your marine aquarium? I cannot seem to get the glass clean and there always seem to be a smeared film on the surface. Nothing seems to work right.

 

[devilhunt1231]

I just use ro and kitchen towel to clean the outside of my tank.
Gary

 

[Flippers4pups]

Wet Dish towel with a little Dawn dish detergent, wipe down behind that with a dry dish towel. Spotless!

 

[chefjpaul]

Paper towels and vinegar

 

[tdileo]

I spray window cleaner onto a paper towel when I'm in the kitchen then go to my room and clean the glass. Don't spray it near the tank though, it will find its way into the water and thats not something you want to happen

 

[polifrone]

Thanks I'll give it a try

 

[cypho]

I use Windex and paper towels. Spay on glass wipe away. Repeat. Usually takes 2-3 rounds if there is a lot of salt.

I'm sure a bit gets into the aquarium but I've never noticed any negative effects.

 

[tdileo]

I use Windex and paper towels. Spay on glass wipe away. Repeat. Usually takes 2-3 rounds if there is a lot of salt.

I'm sure a bit gets into the aquarium but I've never noticed any negative effects.

If you do good water changes usually it gets pulled out. If you're like me and do a water change every 3 months it gets dangerous very fast. Lol

 

[ReeferMaddness843]

Windex has a vinegar based ammonia free glass cleaner I use. Spray in kitchen on a rag and then take the rag to the tank to prevent contamination.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I've done the Dawn dish soap on a wet dish towel followed by a dry dish towel for years and years.

Getting ready to do it again right now. Spotless glass!

 

[LetItReef]

About 3 cups of distilled/rodi water and about 1 cup of distilled vinegar on a spray bottle wipe with paper towel works well for me.

 

[cypho]

If you do good water changes usually it gets pulled out. If you're like me and do a water change every 3 months it gets dangerous very fast. Lol

All of the ingredients on the label sound pretty harmless to me. Sounds like a bunch of organic molecules that would be rapidly broken down by bacteria.

I'm curious which ingredient in Windex would build up over time and cause problems?

 

[tdileo]

All of the ingredients on the label sound pretty harmless to me. Sounds like a bunch of organic molecules that would be rapidly broken down by bacteria.

I'm curious which ingredient in Windex would build up over time and cause problems?

Hexoxyethanol is damaging to the blood. Fragrances are never really something you want around animals that absorb things through their skin, at least in my opinion. There are other ingredients but I don't feel like researching them

 

[brandon429]

if you get a zit, you can put some windex on it. I get that from a good source

 

[CindyKz]

I mix 1:1 ratio RODI and vinegar in a spray bottle, spray and wipe with paper towel.

 

[Mikedawg]

API Safe & Easy for everything

 

[GoPitt88]

RODI water and paper towel. Easy pease lemonease

 

[Scorpius]

Surprised no one has said microfiber cloth. That's the key to a streak free shine.

 

[rgaleana2009]

Isopropyl alcohol (2 shots), vinegar (1shot), 2 drops of dish wash soap and 1 lt of water. Totally safe

 

[RussiReef]

RO water and paper towel works for me