dried cement like coraline removal hints

[lockrookie]

any hints on removing dried coraline algea off glass other than vinager or razor blades this stuff is dried on hard like cement lol. i forsee lots of elbow grease in the future. as well i need some aquarium safe black sylicone where to find.

[RedCoralEdmonton]

home depot for the silicone.....just find 100% silicone...no caulking added

Steve

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by RedCoralEdmonton

home depot for the silicone.....just find 100% silicone...no caulking added

Steve

thanks steve ill check on that tomorrow normally i would just use clear but this tank was previously done with black

[Snappy]

Muriadic acid works great on coraline removal.

[lorenz0]

a very diluted form of HCl will do the trick, lol for real

[lockrookie]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Muriadic acid works great on coraline removal.

Originally Posted by lorenz0

a very diluted form of HCl will do the trick, lol for real

acids worry me i would have towash it really well but ill look into it thanks. thereis alot of coraline onthe glass he has a great culture of it lol.

[mr_alberta]

There is a product called "EZ-Clean" made by Deltec that works really well. Its just a powdered from of an acid that you mix with water and its aquarium safe.

Originally Posted by lockrookie

any hints on removing dried coraline algea off glass other than vinager or razor blades this stuff is dried on hard like cement lol. i forsee lots of elbow grease in the future. as well i need some aquarium safe black sylicone where to find.