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Robert MacCara - 30 Jun 2003 18:44 GMT

I have been given a tank by a friend that unfortunately used several harsh
cleaning solutions trying to "clean" the tank without really knowing how to.
CLR (Lime & Rust remover) was first used and then dish soap to try and clean
the CLR residue.
Does anybody have any ideas how I can clean the tank thoroughly to remove
everything bad left in the tank? I want to use the tank (30 gal) to hold my
baby convicts. Which brings me to part two of the question.
The fry are about 2 weeks old now and I want to get them into their own
tank - What should go into their tank rock/gravel/filter/etc wise?

Thanks,
Rob

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RedForeman - 30 Jun 2003 21:26 GMT

> Does anybody have any ideas how I can clean the tank thoroughly to remove
> everything bad left in the tank? I want to use the tank (30 gal) to hold my
> baby convicts. Which brings me to part two of the question.

Lots of hot water, nothing else, nothing more... many rinses, and lots of
hot water... ohyeah, elbow grease... you'll need some of that....

> The fry are about 2 weeks old now and I want to get them into their own
> tank - What should go into their tank rock/gravel/filter/etc wise?

for a purely fry tank, heater and filter with something over the filter
inlet pipe or your fry will be sucked up the tube.... no rocks, makes it
easier to clean, no gravel same reason.... you basically want a bare bottom
tank so it doesn't get polluted...

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"New" used tank