ArtesiaWells
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UPDATE:
Sterilization process proceeding; just about complete -- I rinsed all the inside glass surfaces of the tank with scalding hot water once again, via wiping them down with a sponge dipped in a bucket of the hot water, and I used Formula 409 and then glass cleaner on the OUTER surfaces of the glass. What's left now is a few inches of water at the bottom of the tank which I can't suck out with the new Top Fin syphon we bought; the level is too low, so I am struggling with that...
Soon, I will turn my attention to the filters and their media -- I have new Aqueon cartridges at the ready, but I need fresh media for the AquaClear 110 (the sponge block insert and ceramic rings)...I also have to begin washing down the new gravel in hot water to put into the tank and buy a new one-piece glass versa-top for this 60 gallon (the two separate glass tops I had previously are absolutely DRENCHED in a white, mucky lime filth so I am just going to toss them), plus new airline tubing and new bubble bars (Petco)...until eventually I can figure out a way to get the lime deposits off my HOBs' plastic covers.
Also -- I noticed that my AquaClear's u-shaped intake tube is caked in brown algae and diatoms and other slime, and no matter how much boiling hot water or Formula 409 I put into it, the muck just won't break off. I was going to try a pipe cleaner of some kind to reach in there and scrape the stuff off, but I think I'd rather just replace the u-tube...does anyone know where I can get this piece really, really cheap but brand new (an AquaClear 110 u-shaped intake tube replacement)?
Sterilization process proceeding; just about complete -- I rinsed all the inside glass surfaces of the tank with scalding hot water once again, via wiping them down with a sponge dipped in a bucket of the hot water, and I used Formula 409 and then glass cleaner on the OUTER surfaces of the glass. What's left now is a few inches of water at the bottom of the tank which I can't suck out with the new Top Fin syphon we bought; the level is too low, so I am struggling with that...
Soon, I will turn my attention to the filters and their media -- I have new Aqueon cartridges at the ready, but I need fresh media for the AquaClear 110 (the sponge block insert and ceramic rings)...I also have to begin washing down the new gravel in hot water to put into the tank and buy a new one-piece glass versa-top for this 60 gallon (the two separate glass tops I had previously are absolutely DRENCHED in a white, mucky lime filth so I am just going to toss them), plus new airline tubing and new bubble bars (Petco)...until eventually I can figure out a way to get the lime deposits off my HOBs' plastic covers.
Also -- I noticed that my AquaClear's u-shaped intake tube is caked in brown algae and diatoms and other slime, and no matter how much boiling hot water or Formula 409 I put into it, the muck just won't break off. I was going to try a pipe cleaner of some kind to reach in there and scrape the stuff off, but I think I'd rather just replace the u-tube...does anyone know where I can get this piece really, really cheap but brand new (an AquaClear 110 u-shaped intake tube replacement)?