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Post by steven227 Sat 23 Jul 2011, 5:52 pm

amyone know of a good way to clean old dry algae off the glass??

i got an old 55 gal covered in nasty dry algae
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Post by DonnieP Sat 23 Jul 2011, 6:29 pm

Fill it with water and add a strong bleach, scrub it with a sponge, just make sure you rinse it well after with a garden hose to get rid of any bleach. This always worked for me. Fill it with water first and let it sit overnight then add the bleach and stir it up good and let it sit for a couple of hours then scrub. With a 55g I would use about four or five gallons of Clorox bleach, non scented, the regular cheap stuff.
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Post by Grimreefer Sat 23 Jul 2011, 7:38 pm

White vinegar is supposed to work well. Also a razor blade scraper is good.

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Post by steven227 Sat 23 Jul 2011, 11:14 pm

ok thx guys i was scrubbing it for a while with no results
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Post by Win Sun 24 Jul 2011, 8:34 am

Razor it
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Post by Grimreefer Sun 24 Jul 2011, 10:20 am

Getit wet so it gets soft then Razor it.

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Post by steven227 Sun 24 Jul 2011, 1:31 pm

ok i let ot sit up all night full of water sluldnt be bad now
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Post by DonnieP Sun 24 Jul 2011, 4:14 pm

steven227 wrote:ok i let ot sit up all night full of water sluldnt be bad now

Better use the bleach, it will cut your cleaning time in half!
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