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I’m shortly to be setting up my Reefer 170 and was wondering what recommendations experienced people would make regarding substrate?

I understand sand would make my reef look more authentic but I also understand sand is a main contributor to housing, and spreading disease I.e. housing parasites such as Ick.

Any thoughts or guidance would be welcome.

That's good news Dr80, I must get round to sorting that out as the tank is nearing the end of cycling 

Thanks very much for the suggestions - I’ll get some hydrogen peroxide and steel wool next! The limescale like stains on the inside glass where the old water level used to be are a right pain to remove. Even a razor blade won’t get them off so hopefully the wire wool will do it.

They sell steel wool at BQ, ultra fine might be not good enough, but Fine grade should do it, sometimes you have packs with different grades inside to choose from.

Get some stronger bathroom cleaner desigend to tackle limescale so you can soak the steel wool and then rub.
Worked everytime for me.

Good luck

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Hi,

If its a second hand tank then I would first fill it up with warm water and pour in whole bottle of hydrogen paroxide 9% solution ( tanks 30 gal + ). You can get this at any Tesco Pharmacy. Let it sit for 1 hour, this will eliminate any live organisms that might survive other chemicals. At the end just flush it properly, but dont get paranoid, its not a poison.

Yes you can use tap water for cleaning, why not, just give it a flush with RO and wipe it dry. Its not like few drops of tap water would spike your PO4 and else. Dont worry.

For any dirt on glass, dry - limescale like stains i would recommend Steel Wool - Fine grade, nothing works better on glass and will remove pretty much everything without scratching it ( dont press it too hard - test it on other area first )
Anything more stubborn, just use razor blade, each glide you do, wipe of what came off the glass to prevent scratching with loose material.

Best of luck !

Thanks

Thanks very much for the suggestions - I’ll get some hydrogen peroxide and steel wool next! The limescale like stains on the inside glass where the old water level used to be are a right pain to remove. Even a razor blade won’t get them off so hopefully the wire wool will do it.

Hi,

If its a second hand tank then I would first fill it up with warm water and pour in whole bottle of hydrogen paroxide 9% solution ( tanks 30 gal + ). You can get this at any Tesco Pharmacy. Let it sit for 1 hour, this will eliminate any live organisms that might survive other chemicals. At the end just flush it properly, but dont get paranoid, its not a poison.

Yes you can use tap water for cleaning, why not, just give it a flush with RO and wipe it dry. Its not like few drops of tap water would spike your PO4 and else. Dont worry.

For any dirt on glass, dry - limescale like stains i would recommend Steel Wool - Fine grade, nothing works better on glass and will remove pretty much everything without scratching it ( dont press it too hard - test it on other area first )
Anything more stubborn, just use razor blade, each glide you do, wipe of what came off the glass to prevent scratching with loose material.

Best of luck !

Thanks