Any saltwater aquarium owners??

[carom]

guys,

i'm trying to clean the glass from saltwater aquarium. it has a white residue that i can't get of with anything.....vinegar, lime juice, all sort of cleaning stuff......I even tried with 31% muriatic acid and NADA!....any ideas are appreciated?

[Charlie Wade]

Sounds like "salt water creep" (not you Carom, the residue ). Did you try CLR yet? That may help. A cheaper solution is vinegar, which you already tried. It really needs to stay in contact with the glass though to be effective. Try soaking a paper towel in vinegar then duct taping it to the glass to completely saturate the mineral deposits. That, plus some elbow grease should do the trick.

[joeksr]

is it a glass or plexi glass aquarium ?

[Glenn W]

Show us a pic--- I can't picture the "residue" thing. I assume you tried a razor blade? You're not talking about dead coraline algae are you?-- that's alot thicker than a residue

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why not call a glass company??? they will know how to do it.

or just get a new tank.....

[lawaia]

This stuff (link) will do the trick if you've run out of other options. I've dropped a pebble-like piece of saltwater crud from my outboard's pee hole tubing into it and watched the pebble start bubbling away until there was nothing left. The stuff's biodegradeable and approved for use in food service areas; you can handle it bare-handed (but it'll sting if you've got any open wounds). Check it out.