I recently picked up a 210 gallon glass tank that was previously used for saltwater. It was never cleaned and has been sitting dry for a few weeks, so the dried algae is ALL over the back glass, side glass and plastic overflow columns. All the research I did kept saying, vinegar will make it where it will wipe of practically.
I tried diluted vinegar first, thinking if it was that easy then I would be good. No bueno, so I went straight vinegar in a spray bottle and attacked it, have gotten maybe 1-2% of it off and it has taken around 1 gallon of vinegar so far and I have been scrapping with a glass scraper from the lfs and recently went to a straight razor to see if that helps. It has taken me 2hrs to get that small amount off, at this rate it'll take weeks to get it off.
Anybody tackled this before and have better luck with something else? I thought about filling the tank and mixing in some vinegar, but at 210 gallons and the fact that it has overflows, with no bulkheads, is what is stopping me. That would be a large amount of vinegar to even get a small ratio completed.
Any ideas?
I tried diluted vinegar first, thinking if it was that easy then I would be good. No bueno, so I went straight vinegar in a spray bottle and attacked it, have gotten maybe 1-2% of it off and it has taken around 1 gallon of vinegar so far and I have been scrapping with a glass scraper from the lfs and recently went to a straight razor to see if that helps. It has taken me 2hrs to get that small amount off, at this rate it'll take weeks to get it off.
Anybody tackled this before and have better luck with something else? I thought about filling the tank and mixing in some vinegar, but at 210 gallons and the fact that it has overflows, with no bulkheads, is what is stopping me. That would be a large amount of vinegar to even get a small ratio completed.
Any ideas?
