Question on cleanup of used reef tank

[Chris Mares]

Hi, everyone.
I recently purchased a used 65 gal reef tank.
I am planning to reuse it but it has been in storage for almost a year
in a "dirty" condition.
I wanted to know what is the best way to remove the old pink / purple
algae from the aquarium before setting it back up.
I am a little leery about doing too much scraping with a razor blade for
fear of scratching the glass.
Thanks for all input.
Chris

[A Paul Ing]

On Jan 16, 11:44*am, Chris Mares > wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
> I recently purchased a used 65 gal reef tank.
> I am planning to reuse it but it has been in storage for almost a year
> in a "dirty" condition.
> I wanted to know what is the best way to remove the old pink / purple
> algae from the aquarium before setting it back up.
> I am a little leery about doing too much scraping with a razor blade for
> fear of scratching the glass.
> Thanks for all input.
> Chris

Can't you fricken see that this is not an active group. Take your
quesitions elsewhere like to a real online forum where real people
patronize it instead of assholes and morons like TYNK

[Pszemol]

"Chris Mares" > wrote in message
...
> I recently purchased a used 65 gal reef tank.
> I am planning to reuse it but it has been in storage for
> almost a year in a "dirty" condition.
> I wanted to know what is the best way to remove the old pink / purple
> algae from the aquarium before setting it back up.
> I am a little leery about doing too much scraping with a razor blade for
> fear of scratching the glass.

Razor is fine if you soak the tank for a day or two in water with
some vinegear in it. You can also use the aquarium grade scaper
which is probably made from a softer steel to not scratch glass.
The more vinegear the better. Do it in a garage or open air to not
brethe in too much of the vinegear.

When the stuff is still dry (before you soak it in vinegear water)
you my want to try poke on the glass in the middle in hope the
algae will pop/peel off without scraping. You might want to
pry off as many loose pieces as possible before you soak it...

[A Paul Ing]

On Jan 28, 4:27*pm, "Pszemol" > wrote:
> "Chris Mares" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > I recently purchased a used 65 gal reef tank.
> > I am planning to reuse it but it has been in storage for
> > almost a year in a "dirty" condition.
> > I wanted to know what is the best way to remove the old pink / purple
> > algae from the aquarium before setting it back up.
> > I am a little leery about doing too much scraping with a razor blade for
> > fear of scratching the glass.
>
> Razor is fine if you soak the tank for a day or two in water with
> some vinegear in it. You can also use the aquarium grade scaper
> which is probably made from a softer steel to not scratch glass.
> The more vinegear the better. Do it in a garage or open air to not
> brethe in too much of the vinegear.
>
> When the stuff is still dry (before you soak it in vinegear water)
> you my want to try poke on the glass in the middle in hope the
> algae will pop/peel off without scraping. You might want to
> pry off as many loose pieces as possible before you soak it...

you might want, you might want, you might want, is that all the ****
you can say idiot. Face it ****y Pants this forum is dead dead dead
thanks to assholes like Wayne and KurtG and of course assholes like
you.

[Yukon[_2_]]

On Jan 28, 5:27*pm, "Pszemol" > wrote:
> "Chris Mares" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> > I recently purchased a used 65 gal reef tank.
> > I am planning to reuse it but it has been in storage for
> > almost a year in a "dirty" condition.
> > I wanted to know what is the best way to remove the old pink / purple
> > algae from the aquarium before setting it back up.
> > I am a little leery about doing too much scraping with a razor blade for
> > fear of scratching the glass.
>
> Razor is fine if you soak the tank for a day or two in water with
> some vinegear in it. You can also use the aquarium grade scaper
> which is probably made from a softer steel to not scratch glass.
> The more vinegear the better. Do it in a garage or open air to not
> brethe in too much of the vinegear.
>
> When the stuff is still dry (before you soak it in vinegear water)
> you my want to try poke on the glass in the middle in hope the
> algae will pop/peel off without scraping. You might want to
> pry off as many loose pieces as possible before you soak it...

I did exactly like you say above to a tank last year. It worked fine
and is now up and running.

[lenitaray]

Razor is a good, if you soak a day or two tanks of water with some vinegear it. You can also use aquarium grade scaper This may be caused by a soft steel will not scratch the glass. More vinegear better. It is not in a garage or open brethe in too many vinegear.