Cooktop Cleaner

[mtolypetsupply]

Want something even safer to get that build up off?
Plain ole lemon juice and some scrubbing.

Nope, that didn't work, even with salt. That's what I've used to get coffee pots clean, and it didn't work on the tank buildup. That is a good tip, though, if the buildup isn't severe, or maybe isn't a hard water issue.

[brain]

I assume the white buildup is from the snake rubbing on the glass?

When I clean the habitats I use Simple Green then rinse with clear water on a cloth.

[mtolypetsupply]

I assume the white buildup is from the snake rubbing on the glass?

No, white build up from being used as an aquarium. We have hard water here in NJ, and the tank we have was used as a turtle tank by our friends, so the water line was just about halfway up the tank. The buildup usually occurs not where the tank is wet constantly, but at the water line and above. It's the same buildup that our shower doors get, and skylights, and greenhouses/sunrooms.

[brain]

No, white build up from being used as an aquarium. We have hard water here in NJ, and the tank we have was used as a turtle tank by our friends, so the water line was just about halfway up the tank. The buildup usually occurs not where the tank is wet constantly, but at the water line and above. It's the same buildup that our shower doors get, and skylights, and greenhouses/sunrooms.

Ok now I see.

I am on a well and have good sweet water small amount of minerals and the ph at 7.1. I use my hot tub tester.

I do use Lime away once a year in the tub but I don't think that would be a good idea on a habitat

[infernalis]

I do use Lime away once a year in the tub but I don't think that would be a good idea on a habitat

As long as you remember this rule, you would be fine.

step 1. Rinse thoroughly with warm water
step 2 repeat step one
step 3 see above.

I clean glass with all sorts of stuff, including CLR, Bleach and glass cleaners. But then I rinse until my hands look like prunes.

Set the tank in your bath tub, and shower the daylights out of it. We have one of those showers with a hose on the head, so I take the head down, and rinse away.

[brain]

As long as you remember this rule, you would be fine.

step 1. Rinse thoroughly with warm water
step 2 repeat step one
step 3 see above.

I clean glass with all sorts of stuff, including CLR, Bleach and glass cleaners. But then I rinse until my hands look like prunes.

Set the tank in your bath tub, and shower the daylights out of it. We have one of those showers with a hose on the head, so I take the head down, and rinse away.

Nodding my head "Rinse thoroughly with warm water"

[drache]

two things:
there is a lime-off for aquariums, that works pretty well
I've used Bon Ami on that stuff on aquariums and shower doors with added soap scum residue, as well as on some of tenacious algae scum in old aquariums - it works great and is perfectly safe to use on glass