cleaning out a refugium

bigbubbacain · 10/18/2007, 03:49 PM

A friend of mine gave me a CPR Aquafuge that he had outgrown. It has algae and stuff dried and stuck to the sides. How do I remove this? I realize I can't scrub it or use a detergent. Any suggestions for removing this dried stuff?

rustybucket145 · 10/18/2007, 03:51 PM

Vinegar! and a scrub brush!

papagimp · 10/18/2007, 04:03 PM

Ditto!

10/18/2007, 03:49 PM	#1
bigbubbacain Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 65	cleaning out a refugium A friend of mine gave me a CPR Aquafuge that he had outgrown. It has algae and stuff dried and stuck to the sides. How do I remove this? I realize I can't scrub it or use a detergent. Any suggestions for removing this dried stuff?

10/18/2007, 03:51 PM	#2
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	Vinegar! and a scrub brush! __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

10/18/2007, 04:03 PM	#3
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	Ditto! __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011