Tank Cleaning and avoiding scratches

[jimmy3323]

Hello all. First time posting tonight and would like some input. I bought a 28g Nano cube QUAD CF off of craigslist. There were a few scratches on the glass when I got it, but not too bad. However today i noticed the whole front of the tank is covered with them...Must have happened while cleaning with a pad while the sand bed was stirred up. I am so upset!!! How do all of you clean your tanks and avoid scratching your tank? Do many of you have scratches and it is just part of the hobby?

Thanks!

 

[JOKER]

If the tank is acrylic you have to have special magnets for use with the acrylic. Rough material scratches it very easily.

 

[jimmy3323]

If the tank is acrylic you have to have special magnets for use with the acrylic. Rough material scratches it very easily.

My tank is a nano cube...I am almost certain that is a glass tank...

 

[thejoshdavis]

I use a magnet to clean most of the time. When I do water changes I use a Mr. Clean pad.

Scratches happen. Just make sure you don't have sand stuck between the magnet and glass.

If you decided to use a Mr. Clean pad make sure it's the plain one not the ones with added scents.

 

[Reefing Madness]

Ya try to stay away from getting close to the sand bed, and getting pieces stuck in the cleaning pad. Alot of people also use the Mag Float.

 

[jimmy3323]

I tried the magnet, not the MAGFLOAT, and it wouldn't cut through the smallest of algae. That is when I got the pad. Said it was for glass and I had to have gotten sand. It just makes me sick every time i get close to the tank. From the couch it is okay, but I can see algae growing in scratches when I get close. I am new to this hobby and it just makes me want to sell it and start over. But then im sure there will be something else that happens.

 

[Corals]

It happened to me too, scratched up my tank pretty bad too when I first started out. I went out and bought myself another tank, I still run the scratched up one though.