mabelina
Oct 2 2003, 03:24 PM
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
Oct 2 2003, 04:30 PM
Please don't take the fish out for that... buy an algae scraper sponge or magnet. It is not harmful to the fishies
koko
Oct 2 2003, 05:00 PM
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
Kelli
Oct 2 2003, 05:03 PM
Old credit cards work well, too........
daryl
Oct 2 2003, 06:13 PM
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
Oct 3 2003, 09:14 AM
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
mabelina
Oct 3 2003, 09:20 AM
I bought a scraper today and the tank is looking spotless

I made sure i got the blue one which is for glass, and your right, the white is for acrylic. Thanks everyone!!
Myluv4gfish
Oct 3 2003, 02:00 PM
Just scape/clean your tank the day you do a water change so the water change takes most of the scrapings.
fallenlordz
Oct 3 2003, 03:11 PM
fish love to eat left over algae floting in the water
chelsea
Oct 8 2003, 07:41 PM
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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