How do you clean bottom pane on BB tanks.

mark · #1 11-17-2008, 10:15 PM

With me if it's not bare glass, it's coralline that I leave. The detritus that does settle, stays loose and I'll just siphon it out.

Trigger Man · #2 11-18-2008, 12:50 AM

tagging along, as right now I do end up reaching my arm all the way down to the bottom and scrub, so hopefully there is some easier way.

marie · #3 11-18-2008, 01:27 AM

You could do what I do...cover it with sand

Trigger Man · #4 11-18-2008, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

You could do what I do...cover it with sand

Was wondering how long till someone said this. With sand also comes issues, or I would have done it a long time ago.

reefshark · #5 11-18-2008, 04:01 AM

Razor blade with a long handle

Trigger Man · #6 11-18-2008, 05:23 AM

Had one of those, snapped it and realized that the handles are actually just a thin piece of metal with air in the inside. I've got to find me a industrial one or not press so hard I guess.

mike31154 · #7 11-18-2008, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Trigger Man

Had one of those, snapped it and realized that the handles are actually just a thin piece of metal with air in the inside. I've got to find me a industrial one or not press so hard I guess.

I broke the cheapo handle on my multi attachment cleaning apparatus too..grrr. I was about to turf the whole kit in the trash but I really liked all the attachments for the thing. So I went to the store, picked up a piece of wooden dowel material with the proper diameter and fixed it good. Trying to drill out the crappy metal on the attachment piece was a chore, but once done I epoxied the wooden handle in there, coat of marine varnish and now it's a beauty. I remember after buying the damn thing that I wished I'd bought the model with the longer handle so during the repair, I made sure the new wooden handle was longer than the original.