How I Accidentally broke my Fish tank 🪨

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[FishEver]

🪨 How I accidentally broke my fish tank

In my 15+ years of keeping fish, I have never broken a single tank… until now


My tanks have been growing a lot of algae lately because of the sunny weather here in Oregon! I usually use a metal blade scraper tool to clean the algae off which works well, but this time I made a mistake. I scraped a little bit too close to the silicone edge which caused the tank to leak. Luckily this was an easy fix (with some silicone) but this doesn’t solve the other problems I had with the algae scraper so I decided to modify my toothbrush into an algae cleaner!

Using a food safe torch, I heated the toothbrush head then bent it. Now:

-The toothbrush works for all surfaces - silicone, glass, acrylic, curved bowls
-Has a long handle so I don't get my hands wet
-All plastic so no rust
-Can reach under decorations, filters, etc. :)

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[rexabyss]

The thumbnail.. “How I accidentally broke my fish”

[canarysoup]

I'd recommend a magnetic one that sticks to the outside and inside, the one my mom uses for all of her tanks is really good

[pjwhite]

MAGNETIC GLASS CLEANER. I have one for the turtle tank, and it is a LIFE-SAVER. They come in every size you could want and even make ones for corners.

[shiimei_]

the snail licking the algae got me dead

[LverPets]

For my fish tank I use a magnetic cleaner
One goes in the water and the other the other goes on the outside so that you clean all the walls without getting yourself wet or hurting the fish and breaking silicone
Hope this helps ❤
Edit: thanks for all the likes 👍😊

[wheelhouse]

I've used the magnetic algae cleaner and a cleanup crew for years and had no issue. Managing your water levels is also important.

[Dollsxxxxx]

I used to be a fan, but after this masterpiece, I became a whole air conditioner

[simonthibodeau]

I work in a fish store with dozens and dozen of tanks, we use:

-Plastic credit cards
-magic erasers (yes, like the mr clean ones)

There is nothing as safe, that cleans as well. The magnetic ones are guaranteed to scratch your tank within a few months, they'll pick up iron flakes one day, believe me. Metal scrapers are a big no-no for obvious reasons.

Yes, you need to remove your floaters though. Which ain't a bad idea to do so in the first place prior to cleaning anyway.

In my own tanks, I just manage to never need to clean the glass lol.

Newspaper for the outside glass btw!

Now you know all our secrets ;)

[twitcherstreamer]

"Too short"
"Too thick"
"And too big" 😂💀

[robinthetactician]

Yeah I'm way to scared of metal ones for that reason lol, I use a magnetic one on my 30g tank and that works pretty well for me

[gjctvlf]

Just get a magnetic cleaner the fuzz cleaning bit goes on the inside and the other part goes on the outside of the tank . Because its magnetic you can clean anywhere!

[SC-rkzt]

A matured and properly setup planted tank should have little problems with algae. I assume you test for Ammonia Nitrite and Nitrate. It is most likely Nitrate which can be reduced by having less livestock, growing more plants or doing more water changes.

[luigicalling]

Oh dear! I hope the fishes are okay! <33

[Fayethefox]

Oh my god that Totoro portal is so adorable!

[ashleysorto]

I scrolled then I went up stairs not knowing what video was playing but when I first heard a voice from the vid I heard yours and I immediately knew it was you, I live how calming your voice it

[katiepeaches]

There is a fosh actually called "algee eater" and it is perfectly calm to any other fishs and it just cleans the sides of the fish tank, easy to take care of, i had one when i was little!

[SkrunklBunkl]

Words couldn’t describe how happy I was when I saw the Totoro shape

[_Sapphirekat_]

For algae I use a rubber scraper (or a squeegee if you wanna call it that), it’s always super effective and fairly cheap, not to mention gentle with things like the silicone or glass, and since it’s rubber, it doesn’t rust or deteriorate

[Autumn_.cherryz.]

Ngl her voice is so adorable and calming 😭✋