Acrylic Tank ??

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My SetUp: AGA 150g 48x30x25, Reef Octopus Skimmer, Bio Pellet, Phosphate, Carbon reactor. Mostly a SPS coral tank with a few zoas a Green Polyp Toadstool, a Chalice or two and a couple of Scollys thrown in there. Top Off System and dosing pump system for Calcium and Alk.
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Acrylic Tank ??

Post by Redfish » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:52 am

Didn't want to ask to many questions in Rogers tank build thread, so I will ask here :) Gerwin when I was in the store the other day you showed me that (forgot what you called it) the sponge thing you use to clean the acrylic with in the tank, I am guessing that is really good for any algae growth. What do you use to keep the coraline algae off of the acrylic? I would think a Mag Float would scratch the acrylic, I use a razor blade in my glass tank, but I would think that would be a no no with acrylic.

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Re: Acrylic Tank ??

Post by Gz28 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 2:16 am

they make plastic "blades" for scraping off the coraline algae in acrylic.

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Re: Acrylic Tank ??

Post by Gerwin » Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:44 am

correct GZ, also credit cards work good, acrylic is harder than most other plastics so using plastic on them is ok , also not letting the algae get so tough to remove is better than waiting a month to decide to clean it

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