reefsaver
Active Member
Okay so you don't ever want to scratch your glass right? You want to keep that brand new Tank entirely scratch free?
Follow these steps:
1: Never use a Magnetic Glass Cleaner. It's not a matter of "if" a particle gets onto the magnet, but when. You will scrub your glass and drive a deep scratch or multiple scratches from some kind of magnetized hard particle or any substrate eventually making it's way onto your Magnetic Glass Cleaner.
If you have a magnet cleaner I would recommend only ever using it on things like ATO Reservoirs, Mixing stations that sort of thing where you pose no threat to anything you will be subject to look at for the next 10 years.
2: Use Plastic Algae Scrapers. No metal blades, sometimes magnetic cleaners come with plastic scrapers that you can remove from the packaging and can attach to a wooden dowel rod. Doing this with plastic or wood won't scratch the glass.
3: Use Tissues. Cleaning the exterior of an aquarium with tissues is a sure way to never scratch the exterior ever again. Tissues are neatly packaged and super clean with each new Tissue pulled, widely available, a common household item, they are super soft as they're made to wipe noses. And you just throw them out without a care.
Just takes one mistake for permanent ramifications, one bad move with a metal scraper, one eternal scratch.
Follow these steps:
1: Never use a Magnetic Glass Cleaner. It's not a matter of "if" a particle gets onto the magnet, but when. You will scrub your glass and drive a deep scratch or multiple scratches from some kind of magnetized hard particle or any substrate eventually making it's way onto your Magnetic Glass Cleaner.
If you have a magnet cleaner I would recommend only ever using it on things like ATO Reservoirs, Mixing stations that sort of thing where you pose no threat to anything you will be subject to look at for the next 10 years.
2: Use Plastic Algae Scrapers. No metal blades, sometimes magnetic cleaners come with plastic scrapers that you can remove from the packaging and can attach to a wooden dowel rod. Doing this with plastic or wood won't scratch the glass.
3: Use Tissues. Cleaning the exterior of an aquarium with tissues is a sure way to never scratch the exterior ever again. Tissues are neatly packaged and super clean with each new Tissue pulled, widely available, a common household item, they are super soft as they're made to wipe noses. And you just throw them out without a care.
Just takes one mistake for permanent ramifications, one bad move with a metal scraper, one eternal scratch.
