I gave it one last go this morning. The scrubbing pad helped a bit but again it would take me hours to scrub each pane. Either way the glass had chips and a ton of scratches. I'm going to call some pet shops here and see if i can find another cheap 32G since i have the hood already. If not i'll try my luck at a used one again. Hopefully next person i get actually knows what good condition means. I should hopefully have the new tank by sunday and i'll post it fully up and running. In the meantime i'll clean out the fluval 205 and check out the stand he gave me. I don't want any other surprises.
Speaking of the stand it was a little to small for the tank in width so i'm going to cut a piece of plywood to fit it. The stand wobbled very slightly when the tank was empty but wouldn't budge when it was full. Should i be worried? I don't want to try and reinforce it and end up wasting more money by screwing it up. I'll check it out and tighten any screws and such. It is levelled though.
I just gave my pleco away since it was getting to big and i didn't want it to live in a bucket until i got the new tank. He was a beauty. Hopefully my 4 tetras and 3 minnows will be ok in a 5G with a betta until sunday.
