RE: scraping acrylic aquariums

["Stewart, Jeffrey" <jeffs@amazon.com>]

I've always used old credits cards for scraping both glass and acrylic tanks.  
With acrylics though, just be careful at the corners, as it can leave a mark 
where the tank curves. 


Jeff

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Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:37 PM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: Re: scraping acrylic aquariums

Best thing I found for cleaning acrylic is a plastic pad.  I am fighting a
battle with green fur algae in my acrylic tank and just bought some plastic
scouring pads at Mclendons last weekend.

The pads I bought were approximately 4" X 10", I purchased both the white
and red pads with the red being a little courser.
They also had a plastic base to attach the pads onto for a broom/paint stick
type handle. I think the pads were $4 and the base was $10.

This probably sounds like overkill for most peoples tanks but for me it is a
lot faster and more convienient then the small scouring pads at the fish
stores for cleaning my tank.

So far I really like the red pad for removing the green fur.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Breimayer" <kate@munat.com>
To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 6:27 PM
Subject: scraping acrylic aquariums


> Hi,
> I bought a "Mag-Float" scraper for my new acrylic aquarium and noticed
> it says "Glass only" all over it... what do people use to scrape acrylic
> tanks? Mine is getting overgrown quickly with a fine fur of the green
> stuff so I need to tackle it before it gets out of hand. All I see
> online is long handled plastic things that in my experience don't work
> and snap if you scrub too hard... is there a fabric I can put between
> the magnet scraper and the acrylic that will be safe? I always used the
> Mag float before I knew better on my Eclipse 6 which is now I see
> faintly scratched all over the place...
> Kate B
> Oly WA
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