"New" used tank

[Robert MacCara]

I have been given a tank by a friend that unfortunately used several harsh
cleaning solutions trying to "clean" the tank without really knowing how to.
CLR (Lime & Rust remover) was first used and then dish soap to try and clean
the CLR residue.
Does anybody have any ideas how I can clean the tank thoroughly to remove
everything bad left in the tank? I want to use the tank (30 gal) to hold my
baby convicts. Which brings me to part two of the question.
The fry are about 2 weeks old now and I want to get them into their own
tank - What should go into their tank rock/gravel/filter/etc wise?

Thanks,
Rob

[RedForeman]

> Does anybody have any ideas how I can clean the tank thoroughly to remove
> everything bad left in the tank? I want to use the tank (30 gal) to hold
my
> baby convicts. Which brings me to part two of the question.

Lots of hot water, nothing else, nothing more... many rinses, and lots of
hot water... ohyeah, elbow grease... you'll need some of that....

> The fry are about 2 weeks old now and I want to get them into their own
> tank - What should go into their tank rock/gravel/filter/etc wise?

for a purely fry tank, heater and filter with something over the filter
inlet pipe or your fry will be sucked up the tube.... no rocks, makes it
easier to clean, no gravel same reason.... you basically want a bare bottom
tank so it doesn't get polluted...

[Robert MacCara]

"Cool_Drool" > wrote in message
...
> "Robert MacCara" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I have been given a tank by a friend that unfortunately used several
harsh
> > cleaning solutions trying to "clean" the tank without really knowing how
> to.
>
> I use CLR and LimeAway on old talks ALL THE TIME. It is perfectably fine
to
> do so, you just have to make sure you rinse it out VERY WELL. I have a
> trick for this :)
>
> I set the tank on 4 bricks (one on each side), over top of a lawn
sprinkler.
> I turn on the sprinkler for about 30 minutes.
>
> Completely rinses every square inch of the inside beatuifully (sp).

That's a great idea! Now if only I could hook up the hose to a hot water
tap, I'd have it made <g>. I think I'll do this tomorrow and then setup the
tank as RedForeman suggested. I suspect that the previous owners did not
rinse it out well enough - either that or had awful water conditions as they
several times added fish which promptly died - then washed the tank again
and start over. They did this several times...
Thanks for the great pointers,
Rob

[Jim Brown]

Robert MacCara > wrote in message
...
> "Cool_Drool" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Robert MacCara" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I have been given a tank by a friend that unfortunately used several
> harsh
> > > cleaning solutions trying to "clean" the tank without really knowing
how
> > to.
> >
> > I use CLR and LimeAway on old talks ALL THE TIME. It is perfectably
fine
> to
> > do so, you just have to make sure you rinse it out VERY WELL. I have a
> > trick for this :)
> >
> > I set the tank on 4 bricks (one on each side), over top of a lawn
> sprinkler.
> > I turn on the sprinkler for about 30 minutes.
> >
> > Completely rinses every square inch of the inside beatuifully (sp).
>
> That's a great idea! Now if only I could hook up the hose to a hot water
> tap, I'd have it made <g>. I think I'll do this tomorrow and then setup
the
> tank as RedForeman suggested. I suspect that the previous owners did not
> rinse it out well enough - either that or had awful water conditions as
they
> several times added fish which promptly died - then washed the tank again
> and start over. They did this several times...
> Thanks for the great pointers,
> Rob
>
>

You might be able to use hot water if the physical conditions are right. I
have a cabinet beside the laundry tub. It was shimmed to be just a bit
taller than the lip of the tub. I stand the aquarium on one end, with a
small shim on the bottom so that it tilts slightly over and into the tub.
One of those rubber shampoo hoses is attached to the tap, and I have hot
water. Don't use too much water pressure as that hot water will blow the
hose off, making a wet mess.

Jim