How Do I.....

[FishGeek]

.....clean the 'glass' on my little 2G??? Its an acrylic tank and I dont want to scratch it up, but its getting pretty bad.

 

[Helena21]

cant you just use ya finger? lol

 

[FishGeek]

LOL. nope its coraline algae.

 

[IDunnoWhy]

I bought a "tank cleaner" it's essentially a sponge on a stick, it has two surfaces one is soft (for acrylic) the other is a little more rough (for glass) I use just the soft side on all my tanks both glass and acrylic....It works fantastic and my hands stay dry I think it cost me $5 at PetSmart.

 

[FishGeek]

Alright so the sponge scrubbers for acrylic dont scratch? Cool. I didnt realize there were different ones. LOL

 

[IDunnoWhy]

Alright so the sponge scrubbers for acrylic dont scratch? Cool. I didnt realize there were different ones. LOL

The one I bought said right on the label "for use in acrylic aquariums" I would make sure the one you buy says something similar

 

[FishGeek]

Cool. Thanks

 

[Toam]

I bought one of those sponges for the kitchen, with that slightly more abrasive sponge side. I boiled the snot out of it, and have used it ever since, works awesome for me.

 

[JeLeAk]

i would think scraping coraline, would scratch the acrylic(not the scraper but the coraline comming off)

 

[Lorna]

I have heard of using a credit card......I have a pot scrapper from pampered chef that I use.....works great

 

[Lotus]

I used a credit card on a small acrylic tank, and it did scratch it a little bit. Definitely get something that says "for acrylic tanks" on it. For general cleaning (I don't know if it would work on coraline) I use something called Quik Wipes by Coralife. They're awesome for cleaning tanks, and you can rinse or wash and reuse them.

 

[FishGeek]

Thanks Everyone. Yo know I went out last night to lok and possibly get something. I had my dogs with me (yes both of them) and I got totally sidetracked a left with $37 in stuff but nothing that I went there for. **sigh**