New to the group.
Not sure where else to post this, but I just picked up an old 125g ( I think) tank, and I want to give her a good cleaning.
It looks like they used some standard white silicone in it, which I will have to remove somehow. Get the tank safe stuff. ( oh yeah, one more thing on the silicones topic, most any silicone that is of low viscosity has a flow increaser in it. This is a chemical that never leaves, and will leach out of the cured silicone for the life of the product. I work with silicone in mold makiening and casting. So I would think that if it is caustic to humans, it plays nasty on a small ecosystem)
It looks as if the previous owners had a cat at one point, cause I found cat litter and little cat "treats" mixed in with the sand that was still in the tank.
I ditched the sand and the few shells/coral that was left in it as well.
But is there any way to clean the glass of the tank that will not leave any sort of chemical residue?
This is my first big tank, and don't want to kill it before I even start!
Thanks all!
Not sure where else to post this, but I just picked up an old 125g ( I think) tank, and I want to give her a good cleaning.
It looks like they used some standard white silicone in it, which I will have to remove somehow. Get the tank safe stuff. ( oh yeah, one more thing on the silicones topic, most any silicone that is of low viscosity has a flow increaser in it. This is a chemical that never leaves, and will leach out of the cured silicone for the life of the product. I work with silicone in mold makiening and casting. So I would think that if it is caustic to humans, it plays nasty on a small ecosystem)
It looks as if the previous owners had a cat at one point, cause I found cat litter and little cat "treats" mixed in with the sand that was still in the tank.
I ditched the sand and the few shells/coral that was left in it as well.
But is there any way to clean the glass of the tank that will not leave any sort of chemical residue?
This is my first big tank, and don't want to kill it before I even start!
Thanks all!