Household products

[gparr]

I use several household products to keep my reefs running and maintained. I'm wondering if there are things others use that I haven't thought of. Let's list things you use that don't come from a LFS and what you use them for. I'll start:
Bleach: To clean filter socks
Vinegar: To clean calcium and crud off of anything
Old toothbrushes: Scrubbing and cleaning
Mr. Clean Magic Erasers: Glass cleaning
Old towels: Never throw away an old towel
Baby bottle brush: Cleaning carbon/GFO reactor cartridges
Foam paint "brushes": Cleaning skimmer cups/throats

 

[JNye]

i use a drinking glass cleaning brush for my skimmer neck, and a baby bottle brush sometimes too. muratic acid for calcium deposits sometimes. turkey baster feeding and blowing off rocks, every plastic measuring cup we own, i replaced them with stainles steel ones so I would not be tempted to steal them.:xd:

 

[stunreefer Verified Sponsor]

Little tea strainer: Rinse foods like P.E. Mysis in RO/DI water:

Cleaning Brush (the larger one): Tool to clean your entire protein skimmer.

 

[Myteemouse]

Anything my wife doesn't know I grabbed
Regular large scissors
measuring spoons and cups
Pyrex glass dishes for dipping corals
any fan that fits under my stand
half my tool box (wire cutters needle nose pliers
Tin snips
Hammer
screwdrivers

 

[Harry_Y]

Scrub Brushes
Tooth Brushes
Vinegar
Bleach
Various plastic trays, baskets, etc
Buckets
Trashcans
Storage containers
Wash cloths
Hand towels
Pitchers
Shop Lights
Soda bottles (for growing phytoplankton)
Pickling lime
Measuring cups
Sushi Wrappers
Turkey basters

Far too many to list them all

I go to the store and wander around looking for alternate uses for common items.

 

[CHALICEKEEPER]

What cleans the white haze off of glass tops??? Tried to scrape, brush, ect. Scared to use chemicals.

TOOTHBRUSH
TEA PITCHER
PLASTIC CUP
SYRINGE
TURKEY BASTER
LONG HANDLE ROACH CLIPS (OLD HABBIT)

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Great thread!!

I am going to think of what I use.