wifes yard sale aquarium purchases

[bruce]

my wifes an avid yard sale shopper and has just brought me a ton of large aquariums and equipment along with some really neat decor. how do i go about getting all this white scum off this stuff so i can begin cycling the tanks. i appreciate all who may respond. diagnosticmonkey@aol.com

 

[babyfish]

A clean stiff toothbrush,a plastic scourer, some lemon juice, plenty of water and lots of determination.
The white stuff is probably limescale, neat lemon juice on a scourer(toothbrush for finnicky bits) will help to dissolve this. Afterwards simply rinse well with a hose and there you have it, sparkly clean tanks with no chemical residues hiding

 

[Tempestuousfury]

Don't try CLR or something of that sort. But you already knew that.

 

[LoveMyOscar]

 

[freshmike]

...as for the glass...try a razor blade as well, make sure it is sharp and w/o burrs, tp prevent scratching the glass. Good luck!

 

[DrOizo]

A scouring pad (Not impregnated with cleaning chemicals) and lots of scrub scrub scrub is all you should need (Lemon juice will help though )

 

[maestro]

im in th uk but i bought some stuff from my lfs for removing limescale and it was brilliant!! just put it on and then wiped it off and the stuff disapeared, the day before i scrubbed the glass for hours and got no where