Clean Old Aquarium Glass - Mineral Buildup & Stains

You should be using white vinegar to clean your aquarium glass. This also works great for cleaning old fish tanks that have been sitting. First, spray some white vinegar on the aquarium glass. It helps to allow the vinegar to sit and saturate on the bad spots. Second, use a flat razorblade to scrape the old mineral buildup off as your spray the vinegar. Continue the process of spraying and scraping until you have cleaned the buildup off your fish tank.

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Cleaning old fish tanks is no easy task. It takes tons of patience and labor. You can easily turn an old aquarium into a newer looking setup though. Spraying white vinegar on the glass as your scrap it with flat razorblade is the best method to removing old mineral buildup on fish tanks. Hopefully this helps you learn how to clean up your fish aquariums.

[tonyputman]

Nice!! One tip to always remember, once you start using the razorblade NEVER turn it over and use it on that side. In other words, if you start using it in the blade holder with the retraction button up, always keep it up. As you are scraping you are damaging the blade and the damage curls away from the glass you are scraping. If you turn the blade over, you will scratch the daylights out of your glass!! God bless y'all!!

[milk]

If you don't want to spray vinegar every few minutes, you can use toilet paper soaked in vinegar and place it where the mineral build up is. Return after some time and scale should be removed or soften.

[nnfefe]

Very good, straight to the point without going around in circles unlike so many others.

[michelleanaya]

Omg the green pray bottle got me to subscribe!!! Love the humor

[Dragonsbrath]

Excellent video bud. Really answered my questions. Oh and nice tank by the way. definitely worth spending the hours on.

[dcphifer]

Wow. I just picked up a used 55G Aquarium that has its mineral buildup. You did a great job on explaining on how to attempt this task. I have a water filter, Tube Light, and an Aqueon Water Filter to chean up, as well. I will be replacing the Light and Water Filter, but at least I have something while the Aquarium is getting balanced. I bought a Gold Panda to help get the Biological Bacteria started using the Cartridge and Polishing Pad and Fluval Ceramic BioMedia that have been also growing in my existing Aquarium for about a month now. At least I won't be starting from scratch, like I did back in October 2022.

Thanks for sharing.

[TheBigChillLounge]

Omg you crack me up! Thank you so much for all these tips! My red ear slider is going to looove it!

[katb-t]

Thank you so much!
I just got a 2nd hand tank.
This video is the best!

[zenaaubrey]

Thanks for the vinegar tip. Because I'm skeptical about using a lot of strong chemical products in the tank

[joshuastewart]

Thank you life saver ! I just got an old 55 gallon tank 🙌💪

[bayleenicole]

I cracked up when he chocked on his words in the voice over and went UUUG😭😂😂😂

[gideonsward]

100% it's best way to make sure get really nice deep scratches in your glass, bewarend

[Cobra_Khan]

How do we proceed to fill up water from here? Any safe way to remove traces of vinegar or is it safe to just add water in after this? Thanks!

[CraigsOverijse]

if you buy one of those glass hob scrappers you will have a hokder for your blade, also use a kitchen towel soaked in vinegar on thicker parts of build up helps it dissolve the vinegar

[jdofishtank]

Great video and advice. What really helps is to not let your tank get that dirty in the first place. I’m crazy about keeping my tank clean. But that’s me, not everyone feels the same. Great find though!

[onehitterquitter]

No matter how many times I do this there is still a light fog. Any answers for this?

[emblake]

Just done this your way must say 100% easy and satisfying as well, did mix lemon just with vinegar as well still whole house stinks lol anyway cheers

[aravalimarbles]

Nice vid, bro any idea how to remove calcium stains WHILE the fishes are in the tank ?

[ian-uk]

anyone else still see the water stains ( the cloudy marks) on on the tank at the end of the video. still looks amazing now its been cleaned up

[pittsburghpets]

Looks amazing! Nice work, thanks for sharing!