How to clean out fresh water tank for salt water

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  1. BS2007

    BS2007 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Hello everyone i want to clean out my fresh water tank should i use bleach, vinager or water I forgot :p Thank you! :):)
     
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  2. reefmonkey

    reefmonkey Giant Squid

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    Cleaning it very well with white vinegar and water will be good enough unless you've EVER used copper meds to treat your FW fish in it. Don't waste your time then because the copper has been absorbed by the silicone and will leach back into the tank and you won't be able to keep corals or inverts.
     
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  3. VitalApparatuz

    VitalApparatuz Feather Duster

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    It might be worth getting a new tank.Sometimes Petco sells tanks for $1 a gallon.Get it drilled for 20$ at your LFS and Bam invert safe tank.


    Unless its a real big tank of course.
     
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  4. link248

    link248 Ritteri Anemone

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    +1 on the vinegar. It does the trick
     
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  6. vectoria

    vectoria Plankton

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    Hi everyone I am new at this and new in here. I bought a queen triger fish and it ate all my snails and crabs now I have nothing to clean my tank. Any suggestions??
     
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  7. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    trigger fish eat snails shrimp crabs etc they get HUGE and are very smart and aggressive!
     
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  8. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    Myth: Cured silicone will not absorb copper. Making it impossible for Cu to leach back in to a system. I have tested this over a month last summer. This is just another one of those "he said she said he said" myths that got spread around without proof.

    Your rocks WILL absorb and leach Cu though.

    As for cleaning the tank, bleach will work as well as vinegar and water. I like using bleach because it costs less to use on large tanks compared to vinegar.
     
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  9. vectoria

    vectoria Plankton

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    I know they eat all that stuff and are aggressive. I need to know what i can get to clean my tank. My tank looks horrible because there is nothing in there to eat the algae. Will a star fish be okay?? When I bought my trigger it was in a tank with a star fish.

    Thanks for your help:)
     
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  10. xmetalfan99

    xmetalfan99 Giant Squid

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    Make your own thread for this please.
     
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