Cleaning Outside Of Tank Glass?

[TwoTankAmin]

Vinegar can have an effect on your tank if you get it in the water. It is an acid and works to lower pH. Of course how much you get in, how big of a tank etc. will determine what effect it might have. So, please, if you want to clean with it, be careful not to get it into the water. Better safe than sorry.

Of course it is nowhere as bad/toxic for a tank as Windex, which I also use as described above.

 

[ainsy]

Vinegar for me - but put it on screwed up newspaper (just like granny used to do!)

The carbon in the newsprint helps give you a smear-free shine!

 

[drobbyb]

Vinegar can have an effect on your tank if you get it in the water. It is an acid and works to lower pH. Of course how much you get in, how big of a tank etc. will determine what effect it might have. So, please, if you want to clean with it, be careful not to get it into the water. Better safe than sorry.

Of course it is nowhere as bad/toxic for a tank as Windex, which I also use as described above.

True, if you pour it INTO the tank. We're talking a very small amount sprayed onto a cloth to clean the glass. Even sprayed directly onto the glass, a small amount over sprayed and gotten into the tank will have less than an negligible effect unless you have a 1 liter tank.

We can always think to the extreme, but lets keep things practical.

 

[CezzaXV]

I just use ordinary polish. Make sure the tank lid is firmly closed and spray onto the cloth rather than onto the glass to be safe. I also keep colour coded cloths - one for outer tank cleaning and another for in-tank cleaning to make sure no nasties end up inside the tank.

 

[paulyoung666]

microfibre cloths are worth getting

 

[Liz1993]

I just use some dry kitchen roll and rub really hard, works a treat for me

 

[This Old Spouse]

Coffee filters work great, too. It's what I use to clean mirrors in my house. No lint and they're really inexpensive.

 

[BigbruiserAl]

I just use ordinary polish. Make sure the tank lid is firmly closed and spray onto the cloth rather than onto the glass to be safe. I also keep colour coded cloths - one for outer tank cleaning and another for in-tank cleaning to make sure no nasties end up inside the tank.

This^ orange micro fibre + mr polish for out side, green micro fibre no chemicals ever. Done this over a year never lost a fish to it just a bit common sence IMO

 

[FishFanatic04]

I think that common sense ^^ is really the key here. I will never lose a fish because I use windex on the front. I won't lose one because of lotion on my hands either. DOn't stick your hand in if you have used lotion. It's all common sense.

Problem with that, everyone makes innocent mistakes and can't protect against everything.

 

[Man of fish]

I won't lose one because of lotion on my hands either. DOn't stick your hand in if you have used lotion. It's all common sense.

I'm glad I just have naturally soft and smooth skin no need for lotion

 

[FishFanatic04]

lol lucky you and your humid Georgia air, some of us live in nasty dry, hot, Texas air, that sucks your lungs dry when you go outside

 

[onidrase]

lol lucky you and your humid Georgia air, some of us live in nasty dry, hot, Texas air, that sucks your lungs dry when you go outside

a guy that moved here from texas said that colorado is really dry

varying humidity there, I guess?

We have to mist the reptile cages 4 times a day to keep them from going into desert humidity

 

[coldcazzie]

i usually just go over it with a damp cloth to get the dried water marks off then wipe it down with a dry cloth or towel

^^ this is what I do. But I have also used the spray I use to clean the house which is made from stardrops, zoflora and water, in which case I spray onto the cloth out of the room, then buff dry.

 

[FishFanatic04]

lol lucky you and your humid Georgia air, some of us live in nasty dry, hot, Texas air, that sucks your lungs dry when you go outside

a guy that moved here from texas said that colorado is really dry

varying humidity there, I guess?

We have to mist the reptile cages 4 times a day to keep them from going into desert humidity

Dunno... It's dry as heck where we are though. Must be worse in colorado.