Tank Journal Archive

[Sam Parker]

Did a quick sump/skimmer/ATS clean the other day, grabbed some pics along the way.

Best tip ever - grab yourself a Chux brand Original magic erase to clean your skimmer and sump. WOW, vinegar and nail brushes are for saps!

Sam

 

[Rob]

Nice... I have heard on the reefthreads podcast they have spoken about magic eraser before for cleaning glass etc...assumed it was only a USA thing. Ill find one.

 

[Sam Parker]

Nice... I have heard on the reefthreads podcast they have spoken about magic eraser before for cleaning glass etc...assumed it was only a USA thing. Ill find one.

Yeah they sell them at the supermarket, make sure you get original only (not kitchen/bathroom) and only get the genuine Chux brand. You can slice them when they are dry with a serrated knife very very easily and pop between your mag cleaner to do your glass. I had a brown film on my skimmer that was just not coming off. Had ran the skimmer in warm water/vinegar mix for an hour, came in with a new nail brush and scrubbed HARD. Got very little off in about 15mins of scrubbing. Remembered I had a pack of these, and literally just wiped the brown off with zero effort. Couldn't believe it!

 

[Buddy]

Looking good Sam! I did this about a month ago with my sump. Removed it from the tank and took it outside to clean. Even pulled all of my plumbing out and cleaned it!
Feels good to have a shiny sump again :)

 

[Sam Parker]

Looking good Sam! I did this about a month ago with my sump. Removed it from the tank and took it outside to clean. Even pulled all of my plumbing out and cleaned it!
Feels good to have a shiny sump again :)

Much more dedication than me... I only cleaned the bits I could get to easily, the rest of my sump is fairly, um, busy:

 

[jart]

Looking good, Sam. Excusing my ignorance, but what is that in your first pic? An algae scrubber?

 

[Sam Parker]

Looking good, Sam. Excusing my ignorance, but what is that in your first pic? An algae scrubber?

Hi Jart,

sure is mate, is a Santa Monica algae turf scrubber. this is the unit removed from the water ready to be stripped out :)

 

[daveH]

I've been using those Chux magic erasers for years - they really do a good job.

 

[Andrew B]

they do a amazing job, only way i have found to get some of the really stubborn algae off

 

[Ben Broadfoot]

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