[WillLovesFish]

Hello all, I am wondering what you do/use to clean the inside of your glass. I like to keep my clean/clear and alge free. I have been using a glass sponge type scruber. I recently purchased a kit made by Tetra that includes a wand and special wipes that clean alge and keep it from coming back so soon. I am worried however the chemicals in the wipes may be no good...? I am thinking of just taking it back. Wondering how else some of you clean your glass?

Thanks,
Will

[carym]

Magnet Float algae scraper and on the real tough stuff a razor blade. The Magnet should work well if you do it often enough.

[stacef]

I also have the Magnet floater. One on my 90g acyrlic, a small one on my 20g and a VERY powerful/large one for my 220.

Also---
If you have acyrlic, make sure you get one for acyrlic, the glass one can possibly scratch your acyrlic. Not possibly! It will hah.

[carym]

Oh and if you do have acrylic don't try the razor blade, it will scratch it as well....

[reefcouple]

and be careful with the magnafloats, they can get sand embedded into them and scratch your tank.

[WillLovesFish]

Thanks for the tips all. My tank is glass, but as someone noted I will be careful not to get sand in that could scratch my glass

[reefcouple]

I like to get my glass clean, and then EVERYDAY, i use my tank (nylon) sponge.. then i needn't worry about scratches...

[reefnoob1991]

Razor blade

[aquasalt]

and a credit card (one that is maxed out!)

[stacef]

Originally Posted by reefcouple

and be careful with the magnafloats, they can get sand embedded into them and scratch your tank.

You do have a good point, but what I do to just be cautious, I pull the outside magnet away, letting the other float before I use it so if there is sand in there...it gets out. Also--if you get down near the sand and think you got it in there (you can tell from the sound) then just do the same as above.

[Marine1]

IMHO, the magnet float is a great tool for cleaning the glass. If you don't want to buy one of those u can always use a razor blade - just be careful not to cut the calking in the corners. LFS also sell a tool that is long and has a plastic blade at the bottom to scrape the inside glass, but again like all the others have said the magnet float is the best way to clean the glass.

[stephaniesquires]

Originally Posted by aquasalt

and a credit card (one that is maxed out!)

Is there such a thing as a non maxed credit card for a reefbuilder????

[WillLovesFish]

Originally Posted by stephaniesquires

Is there such a thing as a non maxed credit card for a reefbuilder????

Lol, ya I have one of those for sure Wife is not too thrilled.

Thanks for all the tips everyone. Will go with a mag float and probably a plastic blade setup as well so I can get the best of both worlds

[aquasalt]

...And for those of you reading this who don't have a maxed out credit card, I would be more than happy to help you run up the charges.

[Jeremy0322]

Me to aquasalt, me too.. I went to Pet Supplies Plus a few days ago and got a magnetic one like everyone else has. It wasnt an actual magnafloat or anything like that though, it was the offbrand one but it was 5 dollars compared to 9.