Aquarium cleaning

Hi friends. A friend of mine recently gave me a 29 gal. tank that it
2-3 years old and seems to be in good shape, although there is some of
(what appears to be) mineral buildup in areas of the glass that
scrubbing doesn't seem to remove. Does anybody have a recommendation
as to the best thing to use to remove it? It probably isn't all that
noticeable under water, but it bugs me and I want to start with an
absolutely clean tank.

White Vinegar wil dissolve the mineral build up, and if that does
not work use the CLR product commonly sold in most grocery or big box
stores....Vinegar will clean what needs to be cleaned and dissolve
99% of everything trhat needs to be removed......So will lemon juice.

Lemnon juice is dirt cheap (real lemon in imitation plastic squeeze
lemon less than a buck or a quart of white vinegar about 75 cents
works just as good as CLR which is $3


On 22 May 2006 13:29:56 -0700, "Dave W." wrote:
Hi friends. A friend of mine recently gave me a 29 gal. tank that it
2-3 years old and seems to be in good shape, although there is some of
(what appears to be) mineral buildup in areas of the glass that
scrubbing doesn't seem to remove. Does anybody have a recommendation
as to the best thing to use to remove it? It probably isn't all that
noticeable under water, but it bugs me and I want to start with an
absolutely clean tank.

*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on the pond and aquaria groups.*

"Dave W." wrote in message
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Hi friends. A friend of mine recently gave me a 29 gal. tank that it
2-3 years old and seems to be in good shape, although there is some of
(what appears to be) mineral buildup in areas of the glass that
scrubbing doesn't seem to remove. Does anybody have a recommendation
as to the best thing to use to remove it? It probably isn't all that
noticeable under water, but it bugs me and I want to start with an
absolutely clean tank.
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Lime-Away or CLR are my favorites. I had little luck with vinegar and the
smell is disgusting and lingering. A small nail brush or old toothbrush
works well to remove the softened deposits on small or tight areas. A
veggie brush or tank cleaner pad on the glass.

Koi-Lo....
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Vote for CArol Gulley aka Koi-Lo for USENET KOOK of the month and
Busted Urinal Award for her ability to **** up any group she
patronizes......and then we can allvote for yher to get the Golden
Kill File award as well.......Carol Gulley aka Koi Lo the usenets
biggest useless kook. At least the other forerunners have content and
meat totheir kookiness, but carol can't even muster that much in her
posts..

Yea yea yea bitch its just a repeata of ewhats already been said. If
somneone siad they had best results with CLR thenyou woul dhave had
best results with vinegar..Your a ****ing looser CArol get over it and
get gone.....so these groups can get back to normal without your
assinine input and bull**** reditions and repeats of other fooks
posts.


On Mon, 22 May 2006 17:12:55 -0500, "Koi-Lo" ZZZZ wrote:
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on the pond and aquaria groups.*

"Dave W." wrote in message
legroups.com...
Hi friends. A friend of mine recently gave me a 29 gal. tank that it
2-3 years old and seems to be in good shape, although there is some of
(what appears to be) mineral buildup in areas of the glass that
scrubbing doesn't seem to remove. Does anybody have a recommendation
as to the best thing to use to remove it? It probably isn't all that
noticeable under water, but it bugs me and I want to start with an
absolutely clean tank.
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****-tard carols **** sniped in the bud for lack of pose and content!

snip a bunch of bull**** and inuendos. meaningfull only to Carol Gulley of Mt. Juleit Tn.

"Dave W." wrote in message
oups.com...
Hi friends. A friend of mine recently gave me a 29 gal. tank that it
2-3 years old and seems to be in good shape, although there is some of
(what appears to be) mineral buildup in areas of the glass that
scrubbing doesn't seem to remove. Does anybody have a recommendation
as to the best thing to use to remove it? It probably isn't all that
noticeable under water, but it bugs me and I want to start with an
absolutely clean tank.

White vinegar heated up a bit in the microwave should
do the trick. It might take several applications and
some scrubbing but it's easy to rinse out - multiple
rinses with cold water, of course.
I'm assuming there are no fish in there yet...

Gail

NOw that is not what I told yu to do Dave. God dam it DAve you need to
pay attention to me, as I am the self imposed guru of aquaria, and
only my methods are approved for use and only I answer question in
this group and any other aquaria related group.....you got that
Dave......well remember it.

That crap that GAil told you is too close to what that scum bag Roy
told you, or wsa it A. Paul Ing or maybe LillyRad, oh hell these
assholes areound here change their nyms so fst I do not remember. They
are just trying to emulate me their pond and usenet kook
contender.........Her Majesty Koi-Lo soon to be Her Majesty Kook Lo
with her subservent Randy Boi who has one that hangs LO.


On Tue, 23 May 2006 00:44:36 GMT, "Gail Futoran"
wrote:

"Dave W." wrote in message
legroups.com...
Hi friends. A friend of mine recently gave me a 29 gal. tank that it
2-3 years old and seems to be in good shape, although there is some of
(what appears to be) mineral buildup in areas of the glass that
scrubbing doesn't seem to remove. Does anybody have a recommendation
as to the best thing to use to remove it? It probably isn't all that
noticeable under water, but it bugs me and I want to start with an
absolutely clean tank.

White vinegar heated up a bit in the microwave should
do the trick. It might take several applications and
some scrubbing but it's easy to rinse out - multiple
rinses with cold water, of course.
I'm assuming there are no fish in there yet...

Gail

I recently cleaned out a 10g I found in my parents garage (bonus!). It
had some scum on it. Tried vinegar... worked ok. I then just took a
razor blade and scraped the glass. I can tell where I missed because it
worked very well. This may not work on mineral buildup due to
scratching, but I was fortunate not to leave and knicks or scratches.
Nothing beats the blade. If you try the blade on an empty tank, try the
bottom first as it will most likely be covered in substrate in case you
need to hide scratches.

Sick and twisted. You really need to get a life full enough of things
to do so you don't need to pass the time issuing nonsensical replies to
whatever people post.

don't feed the trolls

On 24 May 2006 06:41:10 -0700, "Dave W." wrote:

Sick and twisted. You really need to get a life full enough of things
to do so you don't need to pass the time issuing nonsensical replies to
whatever people post.