Looking for Recommendations for Cleaning Inside Acrylic Tank

[Reefcorals]

I have a 120g custom acrylic tank that isn't yet set up. The "lip" around the top is 3+ inches so I'll have to come in at an angle to clean the inner acrylic. And I realize that acrylic scratches easily so I want to be very careful not to put undue force at such an odd angle that might cause scratches. Will something like a Magfloat work or is that too risky? Looking for suggestions from anyone who has experience with acrylic?

Thanks in advance to all who respond.

-Dave

 

[KrisReef]

SRTWGPO - Scraperite Plastic blade General Purpose Orange with W4-Wide holde

Scraperite Wide Rectangle plastic razor blade safety scraper - SRTWGPO - contains one Tradesman W4-Wide holder packed with one General Purpose Orange (GPO) blade inserted.

scraperite.com

And for daily wiping down, Mr. Clean sponges, (melamine sponges) I buy the latter on ebay by the hundreds.

 

[UncommonSense]

The "lip" around the top is 3+ inches so I'll have to come in at an angle to clean the inner acrylic. And I realize that acrylic scratches easily so I want to be very careful not to put undue force at such an odd angle that might cause scratches.

I usually just do my maintenance on the acrylic in this area during more rigorous cleanings, and do so with my hand in the water; scraping upwards, not downwards! — this mitigates the extreme angle concern!

 

[Biokabe]

There are a few magnetic cleaners that work.

I've heard that the Mighty Magnet cleaner is excellent for acrylic, but it's also very expensive and I don't have personal experience with it, so do with that as you please.

I do have experience with the plastic scraper blade for the Flipper line, and it works just fine for regular film algae - just make sure you're using the plastic blade and not the default stainless steel blade. It's not great for anything stronger than film algae, though - I've had the starts of coralline get on my tank walls from not scraping often enough, and the Flipper blade can't touch it.

For that, the melamine sponges (Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, or any of the countless generic knock-offs) are great. Just started using one and it gets that more stubborn stuff off very easily, though not terribly quickly. And so far, no scratching. The big drawback is that thus far, I haven't come across a great way to attach one to a handle, so it's all been my hand inside the tank. With the eurobracing around the tank and the relatively deep confines of my tank (along with my short arms) it's a problem I need to solve.