RE: [GSAS-Member] Removing difficult algae from acrylic tanks

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

Whoa there! Filter floss is made from polyester. If it was made from
fiberglass, it would scratch the tank, and you would get splinters in your
hand. On that note, the fabric store has lots of polyester batting. My
mother used to get huge bags of it to put in stuffed toys. I would use some
to put in tank, when I was a child. 

Susan

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of matt kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:34 PM
To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Removing difficult algae from acrylic tanks

Have you tried simple fiberglass filter floss, the kind that is used for box

filters? It's what I used to use in my acrylic tanks and it seemed to work 
well enough. Sounds like you might have a real green algae rather than the 
typical blue-green "algae" that's a cyanobacter.

As for recycling the tank, just bring it to one of the GSAS auction meetings

and I'm sure someone will want a cheap 125 gallon tank, scratches or not.


>From: "Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
>chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>To: "'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'" 
><gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>Subject: RE: [GSAS-Member] Removing difficult algae from acrylic tanks
>Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:36:14 -0700
>
>Elbow grease or bristlenose or clown pleco. If the scratches are deep, it
>will distort the view buffing them out, so I was told by a Plexiglass
>company. Maybe your homeowner's insurance will cover the loss?
>
>Susan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
>[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Darcey Harding
>Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 9:36 AM
>To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat'
>Subject: [GSAS-Member] Removing difficult algae from acrylic tanks
>
>I've got a 125T freshwater planted tank.  I am plagued by small spots of
>hazy
>algae that are difficult to remove.
>
>The algae looks like someone's had a good go at the tank with a pencil
>eraser:
>smudge smudge smudge smudge smudge.  I have tried three varieties of 
>scraper
>and
>two varieties of acrylic-safe souring pads and NO amount of elbow grease 
>can
>make these things go away. I can lessen them, but I can't remove them and
>they
>come back in two weeks in exactly the same places. Fish ignore them. No
>snails.
>
>1) What IS that stuff
>         and
>2) How do I remove it?
>
>The tank water is at around 7.5 with two to three degrees of hardness,
>buffered
>by rift lake cichlid salt blend. This stuff came on while my CO2 was out,
>but it
>hasn't left after the CO2's return. This tank is already scratched up by a
>kindly neighbor, and I found that I couldn't reach the scratches well 
>enough
>to
>get at them with a buffing kit.  (Anyone need a couple of acrylic buffing
>kits?)
>Can acrylic tanks be recycled?
>
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