Tank Cleaning Sponge

[WhistlingBadger]

From the French; "Gardez l'eau", trans. "Watch out for the water!" This was shouted as the bedroom chamber pots were emptied out of the upstairs windows, into the street, back in the Olden Days*

*1978

that gives a whole new meaning to "defensive driving."

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

To answer the original question, I've always used the same sort of cheap, basic, washing-up sponge @noobfish is asking about, without any detrimental effects.

 

[Colin_T]

Has anyone used a normal kitchen sponge to clean the sides of the tank? Obviously a new one fresh from the pack. Wasn't sure if there were any chemicals or additives from the manufacturer on certain sponges. These are the blue Scotchbrite brand I believe.

You can use a normal kitchen sponge but make sure you get one that is soap free and doesn't have mould inhibitors in it. The cheaper sponges from the $2 shop or cheap brands are generally safer because they don't normally have additives.

New sponges should be washed with warm soapy water and rinsed well to remove any dyes in the sponge. Use a perfume free soap and rinse well.

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What's a "loo"?
LOL, J/K....bathroom....gotcha

Loo = UK name for toilet
Dunny = Australian name for toilet
Bathroom - US name for toilet

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Loo = UK name for toilet

Just one name of a great many.

 

[Slaphppy7]

You can use a normal kitchen sponge but make sure you get one that is soap free and doesn't have mould inhibitors in it. The cheaper sponges from the $2 shop or cheap brands are generally safer because they don't normally have additives.

New sponges should be washed with warm soapy water and rinsed well to remove any dyes in the sponge. Use a perfume free soap and rinse well.

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Loo = UK name for toilet
Dunny = Australian name for toilet
Bathroom - US name for toilet

But in the States, a "bathroom" is actually a room, commonly with a toilet, shower/bathtub, and a hand washing sink, at the very least

A toilet is just part of the room

I'm confused*

@WhistlingBadger , help a fellow American out, here

*Lost in translation

 

[WhistlingBadger]

In Europe, and in the UK if I remember correctly, it's common for the toilet to be in a room by itself, usually right next to the bath/shower. So it's a bit silly to ask for the bathroom: That's the room where one takes a bath. The room where one, um, takes care of those other things is called the loo, the toilet, or the water closet/WC. (that's why some of our UK members occasionally giggle a bit when we talk about doing a WC in our tanks)

 

[Essjay]

We've never had a toilet separate from a bath or basin in every place I've lived since I was a child. Currently we do have a toilet and basin with no bath but that's what house builders call a downstairs WC. Upstairs we have a room with a bath, basin and toilet and another room off our bedroom with a shower cubicle, basin and toilet (what builders call an en-suite)

In York there are still houses built in the time of Elizabeth the first (1553 - 1603). The upper floors project further out than the ground floor and we are always being told that was to provide somewhere safe to walk while people emptied their chamber pots from an upstairs window into the open drain which ran down the middle of the street. Google images of The Shambles York.

 

[NannaLou]

My parents still have a toilet in a shed near the back of the house - very useful when we were younger and playing out or dad was gardening! How old does that make me sound…?

 

[Deleted member 149562]

I clean the glass with loo roll after removing old water from aquarium, then chuck the used loo roll into the bucket with the old water which is then emptied down the loo in my wetroom.

The more expensive loo roll does not disintergrate too quickly when cleaning the sides of the aquarium....but if using loo roll, remember not to use the types with infused stuff like shea butter, aloe vera etc, just use the plain white loo rolls.

Kitchen paper towels do the job too but they do not go down the loo cos they tend to bung up the sewage pipes and the council sewer pipe rogering truck person gets upset.

 

[Essjay]

My co-ordination isn't good enough to empty old water down the loo, it would end up all over the floor as well At least outside it doesn't matter where I spill it

 

[Deleted member 149562]

My co-ordination isn't good enough to empty old water down the loo, it would end up all over the floor as well At least outside it doesn't matter where I spill it

Ah but thats what is so good about having a wetroom.....it doesn't matter if you miss the loo and spill any water on the floor....

 

[Essjay]

True........

 

[noobfish]

Currently we do have a toilet and basin with no bath but that's what house builders call a downstairs WC.

In the states we call that a half bath. First floor with just a sink and toilet.
We do have bathrooms with a small door inside separating the toilet and I've always called it a water closet.

 

[Essjay]

This is another verbal area which causes misunderstanding.
American first floor = British ground floor
American second floor = British first floor (ie the first floor above ground level)

I think it will be safer for members with 2 floor homes to use 'downstairs' and 'upstairs'


So we have a toilet and basin downstairs, and 2 rooms with toilet, basin and bath/shower upstairs



In the UK water closet is just another word for a toilet. We have so many euphemisms for that piece of bathroom equipment

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

So we have a toilet and basin downstairs, and 2 rooms with toilet, basin and bath/shower upstairs

TWO toilets!?! LUXURY! I have only one toilet and it's in a shower room, downstairs...next to the kitchen.

Cue Python...
A TOILET!?! Luxury! We 'ad a bucket...in t'yard...and there weren't a dockleaf* for miles.

A BUCKET!?! We 'ad an 'ole int ground...and nettles!

Etc., etc..


*Dock is a large-leafed weed.