From fresh to salt..

[jorjef]

I will be converting a tank from fresh to salt water. Other than a good scrubbing of the glass what else is there to do? I was going to use the existing tank water when cleaning, clean glass, wipe out and dry blah blah.. Not using any cleaning agents or should I?

[lockrookie]

water and vineger rinse out after with water...

[Keri]

I would probably drain all the existing water and like the above poster said, use new water and vinegar and rinse well.

[lockrookie]

oh and a huge packet of razor blades fromthe dollar store to scrape hard stuff off i need to pickup more for my next lil project

[bryceschutte]

Have you done any type of ich treatment in your old tank? If so you could be asking for trouble. Personally I sold my freshwater set up because it was heavily medicated for ich at one point in time. Then just went out and bought a saltwater set up. Alot of the time its much cheaper to buy a tank of someone getting out of the hobby. Also the new set up usually comes with proper lights and filtration.

[jorjef]

Last Ich treatment would have been over two years and a change of residence ago. Not too worried about that, hopefully a good cleaning and a four to five week cycle make it a none issue. I know what I have with this tank, buying another used can carry medication issues of its own.