Decorations

[Robyn1058]

I've had this decoration for about 2 years now and I don't want to replace it if I don't have too, but it's gotten green on the inside of it and I've tried a toothbrush and a algea sponge but I just can't get it clean anymore. I've seen the algea tablets to clean the tank so I was wondering if I put one of those in a pail and immerged the decoration if that would work or does anyone have a better suggestion?
Thank you

 

[Lhutch]

naw that probably wouldnt work, i would put it in hot water,and then keep doing the toothbrush

 

[Danno]

Don't use hot water. It doesn't work on algae. it just makes it into a sticky mush that plasters itself onto the decorations. That and it could melt it. I would suggest a 1/10 bleach solution. That takes everything off. Just remember to rinse rinse and rinse. Then use lots of dechorinator.

 

[Lion007]

If its only on the ornament, id leave it. algae on ornaments gives a great matured look imo & my loaches love it

 

[-SPB-]

Surely if you clean a bit of wood with bleach it will soak into the wood, and no matter how much rinsing you do , there will still be bleach left in the wood. I've got some algae on bogwood and want to get it off but don't want to use bleach.

 

[Robyn1058]

I'm alittle afraid of using bleach myself. With my luck I wouldn't rinse it enough and lose all my fish. Not worth it. I know alittle algea is good but it just looks ugly and to replace it with something big enough costs a fortune. Maybe I just won't look so close and then I won't see it.

 

[Danno]

They said an ornament, not a piece of drift wood. I never said to bleach a piece of wood.

Bleach is a perfectly safe way to clean off silk, plastic and glass ornaments.

 

[Lhutch]

hotwater works when im cleaning my stuff, maybe you should the algea stuff, just get a tub and put it in there

 

[sswm]

if you dont want to use bleach, put it in some boiling water for 5-10 min, if of course the ornament you have wont melt in the boiling water