RE: scraping acrylic aquariums

[Paul M Wallace <pwallace@u.washington.edu>]

I really like the transparent blue teaser cards from a credit card company.  I 
had a normal card delaminate once and start to scratch.

Just my $0.02

-Paul

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Paul M. Wallace                                            CHB G013
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On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Stewart, Jeffrey wrote:

> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gsas-member@thekrib.com [mailto:owner-gsas-member@thekrib.com] On 
> Behalf Of w
> 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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