Tank Cleaning

[jeffopentax]

Found this on the Stendker Discus site, but figured it could to be useful for anyone starting up a tank.


Cleaning a new aquarium

When you clean a new aquarium for the first time, you should use a vinegar solution, diluted with water. Wash the insides of the glass panes and the silicon joins thoroughly with the vinegar solution. Then wipe everything dry, so that no chemical residues remain, which could affect your water quality.

Cleaning a used aquarium

Disinfect used aquariums with hydrogen peroxide (available from chemists or drug stores). Dosage of the hydrogen peroxide solution:
Use 0.5 litres / 0,13 US gallons of a 30 % hydrogen peroxide solution per 180 litres / 50 US gallons of water. Fill your aquarium with water and add the required dosage of the hydrogen peroxide solution as described above. This will disinfect the contents of the aquarium, the filters, any nets and also the water itself. Allow this water and hydrogen peroxide solution to stand for a full 24 hours. Then perform a 99% water change and fill the aquarium with fresh tap water. By using this procedure, you will kill off all bacteria and remove any germs/ pathogens.


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[scubasteve]

i use pickling vinegar all the time its 7% instead of 5% works great. keeps my phyto and brine bottles nice clean and sterile as well

 

[heath]

i use pickling vinegar all the time its 7% instead of 5% works great. keeps my phyto and brine bottles nice clean and sterile as well

that's what I use..too..

 

[jeffopentax]

I think the wife would be more than a little pissed if I used vinegar with the tank being in the living room!


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[heath]

it isn't too bad, your room will smell like a French fry, I have never let it sit in the tank,, doesn't take that long to clean it and the smell goes away fairly quickly..

 

[jeffopentax]

it isn't too bad, your room will smell like a French fry, I have never let it sit in the tank,, doesn't take that long to clean it and the smell goes away fairly quickly..

I 'm doing the full 24hr hydrogen peroxide. Not taking any chances!


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[heath]

when you do the vinegar clean the windows too and you can earn some brownie points at the same time..

 

[4Hummer]

I think the wife would be more than a little pissed if I used vinegar with the tank being in the living room!


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Park her butt outside on the front lawn if she complains

 

[jeffopentax]

Park her butt outside on the front lawn if she complains

Haha don't piss off a scottish woman!


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[heath]

give her some money and send her shopping...

 

[jeffopentax]

give her some money and send her shopping...

But i need money for fish!


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[heath]

ya, but look at the bigger picture, happy wife happy life...lol..

 

[reef keeper]

Happy wife happy life.

How do you think I pulled off a 10 k build and she knew the price?

HAPPY WIFE HAPPY LIFE.

 

[jeffopentax]

That's what it came to?! You don't f*ck around!


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[jeffopentax]

This question kinda fits here. I'm going to use a shop vac to get the old sand out of my tank. It is currently still full of water. Should i drain then vacuum out sand, or vacuum out sand/water at the same time?


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[BigReefer]

Happy wife happy life.

How do you think I pulled off a 10 k build and she knew the price?

HAPPY WIFE HAPPY LIFE.

I agree with this ... how i got 3 tanks in one year

and fooot rubs welllllll worth it lol

 

[reef keeper]

I figu

That's what it came to?! You don't f*ck around!


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I figure it's gotta be close!!

Drain the water first. Then scoop out as much of the sand as you can into buckets. Moving A shop vac full of water and sand is a train wreck, nightmare and inevitable divorce.

Stay thirsty my friends

 

[jeffopentax]

I figu

I figure it's gotta be close!!

Drain the water first. Then scoop out as much of the sand as you can into buckets. Moving A shop vac full of water and sand is a train wreck, nightmare and inevitable divorce.

Stay thirsty my friends

I've used a shop vac to remove sand before. The only problem i had was having to unclog the hose 3 or 4 times. If i left at least a bit of water maybe it would prevent/reduce clogging? I don't know since last time I drained all the water first. Maybe it doesn't make a difference. Moving it is easy since it has wheels.


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[reef keeper]

I'm just sayin.... I used a dust pan to remove my sand after siphoning most of the water out. Then shop vaccd out the rest of the water.

 

[jeffopentax]

I'm just sayin.... I used a dust pan to remove my sand after siphoning most of the water out. Then shop vaccd out the rest of the water.

I get what you're saying. I actually make a bigger mess scooping. With a vacuum it goes straight from tank, to vacuum, to outside


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