Cleaning a used 150, I cant get rid of this...

[larrysc3]

I purchased a used 150 gallon and cannot seem to get this off the glass. Any ideas?

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[jdavid]

If it's just calcium deposit, vinegar.

Anything else- vinegar and a razor blade

 

[sidvicious]

Allen;922130 wrote: Back up from the tank about a mile and take another picture.

Lol I was thinking the same thing I'm looking at it on my iPad thinking is it the scratches I see or something else lol

 

[larrysc3]

Not the scratches, thats the back of the tank where the rock has been against it. I meant the calcium buildup. I thought I was being wise by cleaning it with oxalic acid but that didn't seem to work at all. So vinegar for sure then?

 

[porpoiseaquatics]

I would fill it first....add the vinegar...probably at least a gallon...maybe 2. Let it sit overnight and it should come right off.

 

[larrysc3]

Its 150 gallons, you think 1 gallon of vinegar would knock it off?

porpoiseaquatics;922137 wrote: I would fill it first....add the vinegar...probably at least a gallon...maybe 2. Let it sit overnight and it should come right off.

 

[rdnelson]

larrysc3;922140 wrote: Its 150 gallons, you think 1 gallon of vinegar would knock it off?

To quote George Burns "Take two. There big." LOL. Seriously, as cheap as vinegar is I would go two gallons.


ARC....so nerdy our President breaks bones while bowling.

 

[porpoiseaquatics]

Sorry....I missed that. What you want is a 50% ratio of water:vinegar. So if you're going to put 10 gallons in the tank for cleaning...use 5 gallons of vinegar. Honestly, it doesn't have to soak for long.

 

[larrysc3]

Well i bought some vinegar the other night in preparation for this. I only bought 2 gallons though and it was $2.80 a gallon. Doing that math it would cost about $210 in vinegar to get to that ratio (filled 1:2). I was told that CLR would do the trick as well but I am in no hurry to use a super caustic liquid like that.

 

[elfloyd]

You can use less than 2:1 ratio... just let it sit longer.

 

[rdnelson]

elFloyd;922169 wrote: You can use less than 2:1 ratio... just let it sit longer.

+1


ARC....so nerdy our President breaks bones while bowling.

 

[pufferchris]

or you could put paper towel on the glass and spray with straight vineger just spray it down nice and wet let it sit for a couple hours and u should be able to easily scrape off

 

[rjrgroup]

PufferChris;922192 wrote: or you could put paper towel on the glass and spray with straight vineger just spray it down nice and wet let it sit for a couple hours and u should be able to easily scrape off

Great idea!!! That would probably work best...