Tips and tricks for cleaning the glass?

[Lylelovett]

Hi all,

I have a magnetic scrubber and a razor-scraper that employ with good old regular muscle/elbow-grease when cleaning the inside of the glass. It's not HARD work, just time consuming and pretty detail focused to get it all nice and clean.

I was wondering if you have a tips or tricks to make the job a little easier? Have you found one particular scrubber or scraper better than another?

Thanks!

 

[HermitCrab15]

Hi all,

I have a magnetic scrubber and a razor-scraper that employ with good old regular muscle/elbow-grease when cleaning the inside of the glass. It's not HARD work, just time consuming and pretty detail focused to get it all nice and clean.

I was wondering if you have a tips or tricks to make the job a little easier? Have you found one particular scrubber or scraper better than another?

Thanks!

Not much different than the one you have now but this is what I use. Mag-Float glass cleaner works great for me it's the only one I've ever used. Occasionally I'll have to take the inside part and rinse the algae off. I know its very similar to what you have now but maybe this product is better than what you have now. Ill leave a link below.

Link here

 

[RedoubtReef]

I've found that just staying on top of it using a magic eraser with my Hammer Head magnet cleaner daily seems to keep things clean before breaking out the scraper

 

[Rick's Reviews]

The same method for me, I generally use magnet cleaner every couple of days, algae scraper I use fortnightly before cleaning filters etc.
Only tip/trick I can offer is wash off algae scraper/blade and rods (blade/ screw/joints) under tap water after every use in your aquarium as this will clog with salt and may also rust

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

I have that same Razor Scraper and I got Refills for my Kent Scraper that have a Red Plastic Blade with a Green Cloth Edge. These are for the back glass, when I don’t want to damage the Coraline Algae, but remove the Soft Algae Film. For the Outside Glass, I coated it with RainX. Which ever Scraper you use, if you hit the gravel, make sure you lift it off the glass, so you don’t Sand Scratch the Glass.

 

[Lylelovett]

I've found that just staying on top of it using a magic eraser with my Hammer Head magnet cleaner daily seems to keep things clean before breaking out the scraper

This is part of my problem - I don't stay on top of it as well as I should. That's probably the best tip, LOL!