Ultimate Stupidity

[Losi]

I recently bought an aquarium from EBay and picked it up at the weekend.

Whe I ot it back to the house and started to set it up I noticed a strange smell as I started to fill it. After a while I recognised the smell as being Windowlean , the bloke I bought it from had cleaned the INSIDE with flippin Windowlean!!!

 

[fishwatcher]

Oh no! What a goob!

 

[tamara]

clean it with vinegar i think it was, make sure you do it thoroughly and rinse it super well
stupid people....the person probably just wanted to make it look cleaner.

 

[doresy]

Oh the joys of Ebay!

Why not go the whole hog now and give it a good 25% bleaching then a thorough rinsing. After that give it another good rinsing....then another

 

[jourdy288]

Whats windowlean?

 

[Lynda B]

I would also suggest bleaching it.

 

[dthoffsett]

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I would also suggest bleaching it.[/quote]

If you do bleach it, make sure you rinse really well, and then when you fill the tank do a double dose of dechlorinator. You should be fine, good thing you noticed it BEFORE you added fish.

 

[Naughtygirlrlw]

Whats windowlean?

I am assuming it's something like Windex maybe...

 

[Teelie]

Bleach should oxidize and gas out once it's dry but to be on the safe side, do a thorough rinse and then let it dry. And if you want to be extra cautious, use vingear later.