Glass cleaning

[curefan]

Hi....Im getting a new optiwhite tank next week and I hear that optiwhite scratches easier then ordinary glass.
So would it be a bad idea to use magnets to clean the glass in case some sand or aquasoil soil stirs up and the glass gets scratched?
What would be the safest way to clean the glass?

Suggestions welcomed!
Cheers, Dave.

 

[Alastair]

A wad of filter wool would be perfect in my opinion.


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[Iain Sutherland]

i not 100% but i did read somewhere that mag floats are a bad idea on opti white tanks. Id like to know too as pick my tank up sunday.
I was planning on just using the white glass cleaning pads...

 

[HarryRobinson]

Use something like this, http://www.waooga.com/ekmps/shops/barga ... 6104-p.jpg

Prevents any substrate from being trapped due to it being stored outside the tank, and not stuck on the inside like the mag floats

 

[Mortis]

How about using a microfiber cloth ?

 

[Westyggx]

i not 100% but i did read somewhere that mag floats are a bad idea on opti white tanks. Id like to know too as pick my tank up sunday.
I was planning on just using the white glass cleaning pads...

Ian, i get my tank this weekend mate what have you been using to clean yours?

Cheers

 

[Iain Sutherland]

good old fashioned white algae pad, had it for years. There was an article in PFK i missed about the myth of optiwhite scratching easier, maybe try to find it online. Id bet that they just show the scratches easier though mate. I havent scratched mine and im a clumsy oaf. Saying that i still wouldnt use a mag float

bring on the journal mike!!

 

[Westyggx]

Ok bud ill do that then, although i was watching this youtube video today at work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pTcsnp4 ... el&list=UL can you see that tool hes using to clean the glass? i want one! Anyone know where to get it? Ps.. does he have a journal on here?

 

[Alastair]

Pets at home sell them mate I had one


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[HarryRobinson]

Thats just like the one which i posted earlier in the forum

 

[Westyggx]

Pets at home sell them mate I had one


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Ta bud will take a look there tmz!

Thats just like the one which i posted earlier in the forum

What the link i posted?

 

[HarryRobinson]

Thats just like the one which i posted earlier in the forum

What the link i posted?

No, the image i put of an algae scaper looking like the one in the video, erm here :

Use something like this, http://www.waooga.com/ekmps/shops/barga ... 6104-p.jpg"
Prevents any substrate from being trapped due to it being stored outside the tank, and not stuck on the inside like the mag floats

 

[Westyggx]

Thats just like the one which i posted earlier in the forum

What the link i posted?

No, the image i put of an algae scaper looking like the one in the video, erm here :

Use something like this, http://www.waooga.com/ekmps/shops/barga ... 6104-p.jpg"
Prevents any substrate from being trapped due to it being stored outside the tank, and not stuck on the inside like the mag floats

Ah! Cheers

 

[collinmerz12]

"I like this thread: Glass cleaning. Thanks for sharing"

 

[toadass]

An old store card or credit card usualy does a prety good job!

 

[Aqua sobriquet]

Not tried them myself but this may be of interest, plastic scraper blades:

http://www.windowcleancentre.co.uk/prod ... ctionID=46