Salt stain on inside of glass?

[will elliott 04]

I just filled my new take up with water and added what I needed for the water and the next day I saw the hole inside of the glass was cloudy I had to scrub it off. My pet store said it was the salt stain on the inside of the glass it would b find and will go away. Can anyone tell me if this is right. Thanks

 

[Humblefish]

Can you post a picture of this?

 

[will elliott 04]

Yes give me a min to walk to new house

 

[will elliott 04]

I keep cleaning it off but the next morning its on again

 

[Humblefish]

Is this a glass or acrylic tank? Looks like glass to me, but I want to be sure.

 

[will elliott 04]

Acrylic. Its 175 bowfront

 

[Humblefish]

Acrylic. Its 175 bowfront

Uh oh, that's a problem. You can't just go scrubbing on an acrylic tank, you'll scratch it up. You can only use white (acrylic safe) pads on it.

I think you may need to drain and buff it to get the scratches/scuff marks out.

[HASHTAG]#reefsquad[/HASHTAG] for other options

 

[will elliott 04]

OK I used that soft blue pad. Do u no y the cloudiness keeps coming back k on the glass

 

[will elliott 04]

What would b a safe way/thing to buff it with?

 

[twilliard]

That looks to be precipitation (calcium carbonate )
Use a soft pad and wipe it down

 

[Humblefish]

OK I used that soft blue pad. Do u no y the cloudiness keeps coming back k on the glass

I think you may have scuffed the acrylic up. You need to go get a white pad (it will say safe for acrylic tanks) and try wiping the panels down with that.

 

[twilliard]

Also we need to know the big 3 values as it keeps precipitating daily

 

[will elliott 04]

3 big values? And it form before I cleaned it like when I put it in my home I filled it up it was clear then I woke up the next morning I saw it was like this so I called the store n they told me it was salt stain keep rubbing it off it will b fine

 

[twilliard]

Calcium alkalinity and magnesium
It's like a fine powder on everything.

@Randy Holmes-Farley can help explain how this occurs

 

[will elliott 04]

All that can still happen with only water n the tank?

 

[Saltine]

All that can still happen with only water n the tank?

Looks like the fine dust from new sand, since you recently set the tank up, it will take abit for that to settle down.

 

[will elliott 04]

Fine dust. I didn't now it would b hard to get off. It's like taking hard water stains off. I asked the pet store if it was that they said no cuz it wouldn't form that fast

 

[KorL]

to me it looks like sand dust. did you rinse the sand before placing in the tank? if you placed dry sand in there without rinsing, it's gonna have a lot of dust. I usually have to rinse it multiple times before the water starts running semi clear. if it is sand, it wipe off easily though. hopefully you didn't scratch your brand new tank on the first day

 

[will elliott 04]

It is sand. And i didn't rinse it. And I know right hope I didn't mess it up to bad... It don't seem to have any scratches just all the spots I missed and didn't get yet cuz it keeps coming back the very next day.smh

 

[KorL]

do you have a skimmer or filter running? it will help clear out the dust.

if it's dust it really shouldn't scratch the acrylic unless you scratched the tank with sponge your using.

just give it a few days for the sand to settle