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mabelina
The inside glass on my tank is getting a bit dirty. I dont want to take all my fish out to give it a good clean, so do you have any idea's?
Kingyo
Please don't take the fish out for that... buy an algae scraper sponge or magnet. It is not harmful to the fishies
koko
yeap like the rest of us its all part if goldfish raising.

Just use a scrapper and clean the glass, I normally do this the day before a water change to get the tank looking great smile.gif
Kelli
Old credit cards work well, too........
daryl
Just make sure that you have the sponge made for ACRYLIC tanks if yours is acrylic. A cleaner made for glass can seriously scratch the acrylic tank sides.

I think, generally, the glass one is blue and the acrylic one is white. The white one works just fine on glass, too.
touchofsky
Yes, the credit cards work great, and I even use a clean, rinsed out face cloth. The terry cloth takes off a lot of the film and no chance of scratching.

All my tanks have scratches, until I became super careful sad.gif
mabelina
I bought a scraper today and the tank is looking spotless smile.gif I made sure i got the blue one which is for glass, and your right, the white is for acrylic. Thanks everyone!!
Myluv4gfish
Just scape/clean your tank the day you do a water change so the water change takes most of the scrapings.
fallenlordz
fish love to eat left over algae floting in the water happydance.gif
chelsea
i made my own scraper/cleaner thingy. i just took 4 or 5 paper towels, laid my net on them and wraped them up around the net and secured them with a rubberband. it worked!
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