I had to move about 2 years ago and when I moved I did not clean the tank when I took everything out of it. Now I need to clean it out and it has a lot of scum and old dead alge on the insides of it. What would be the best way to clean it out so I can start using it again? The tank is aournd 110 gallons. Thanks,
Scott....

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I had to move about 2 years ago and when I moved I did not clean
the tank when I took everything out of it. Now I need to clean it
out and it has a lot of scum and old dead alge on the insides of
it. What would be the best way to clean it out so I can start
using it again? The tank is aournd 110 gallons. Thanks,

wow... that's a large tank... i'd start by trying to get the old dried stuff to
get some moisture back in it... spraying it with water and allowing it to soak before carefully scrapping it off...

you might even fill it and leave it for a few days and then use normal tank cleaning methods... it sounds like you have a job on your hands...

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I had to move about 2 years ago and when I moved I did not clean
the tank when I took everything out of it. Now I need to clean it
out and it has a lot of scum and old dead alge on the insides of
it. What would be the best way to clean it out so I can start
using it again? The tank is aournd 110 gallons. Thanks,

wow... that's a large tank... i'd start by trying to get the old dried stu to get some moisture back in it... spraying it with water and allowing it soak before carefully scrapping it off...

you might even fill it and leave it for a few days and then use normal tan cleaning methods... it sounds like you have a job on your hands...

Sounds like a plan.. :) Thanks. It's at my parents house right now, my Mom put wrapping paper around it so you can't see how messy it looks. :) I'll have to go over and fill it this weekend. Hopefully it won't go tru their ceiling! They have a pretty old house. I'm not sure how much it wieghs when it's full, only that it's too heavy to move.
Scott....

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wow... that's a large tank... i'd start by trying
to get the old dried stuff to get some moisture
back in it... spraying it with water and allowing
it to soak before carefully scrapping it off...

you might even fill it and leave it for a few days
and then use normal tan[sic] cleaning methods...
it sounds like you have a job on your hands...

Sounds like a plan.. :) Thanks. It's at my parents house right now,
my Mom put wrapping paper around it so you can't see how messy it
looks. :) I'll have to go over and fill it this weekend. Hopefully
it won't go tru their ceiling! They have a pretty old house. I'm
not sure how much it wieghs when it's full, only that it's too
heavy to move.

figure it this way, a gallon of water is like 7 pounds or so... i'd not be leaving it "up in the attic" or above the ceiling or where ever it is... i'd be
getting it down and out and then starting to work on it...

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I had to move about 2 years ago and when I moved I did not clean the tank when I took everything out of it. Now I need to clean it out and it has a lot of scum and old dead alge on the insides of it. What would be the best way to clean it out so I can start using it again? The tank is aournd 110 gallons. Thanks, Scott....

I would agree with Mark. I would just fill up the tank with regular tap
water and let it soak for a few days. By that time, the rough side of a
brand new, unused dish sponge ought to do the job -- along with a lot of
elbow grease!

Trust me; I don't envy you in the least. I am STILL sore and aching from my
own maintenance that was done this past Monday.

110 gallons is a nice-sized tank, although I did own a 170 marine tank back during the first half of the 90's. As the former owner of an aquarium design and maintenance business, I've designed and maintained aquariums -- both freshwater and marine -- from 20 gallons to 300 gallons. The 300 gallon was
a marine tank in a local hotel. It made the front page of our local
newspaper back in 1992, I believe.

BTW, in case you have forgotten, the formula for determining the actual
volume of an empty aquarium is:

l x w x h / 231 = actual water volume

That's because one gallon of water occupies 231 cubic inches of space.

Make sure that you take the measurements from the INSIDE of the tank, or
else measure from the outside, but remember to deduct the thickness of the glass from each of your three measurements.

For example, if your glass is 1/2 inch thick, then you would deduct one inch from the length -- to account for the left and right panes -- as well as one inch from the width -- to account for the front and back panes.

Also deduct the thickness of the bottom pane, as well as empty space that
you leave for air at the top of the tank.

If you follow that formula, you will be surprised to discover that most aquariums are not the actual size that they are advertised to be. Crooks
abound in this world. :(

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On 11/12/09, Jeff Snyder quoted Scott Brown: Re: Cleaning an old empty
tank.

Sounds like a plan.. :) Thanks. It's at my parents house right now, my Mom put wrapping paper around it so you can't see how messy it looks. :) I'll have to go over and fill it this weekend. Hopefully it won't go tru their ceiling! They have a pretty old house. I'm not sure how much it wieghs when it's full, only that it's too heavy to move. Scott....

Scott, I would be VERY careful where you place that tank before you fill it
up, if it is an old wooden house.

If it is truly a 110 gallon tank, at eight pounds per gallon, if you fill it
up with water alone, that is a total of 880 pounds, besides the weight of
the glass, gravel and rock decor, etc. You are easily looking at 900-1,000 pounds of weight sitting on an old wooden floor, which tend to bow and
weaken with age.

You don't want the tank to end up in the basement, do you? :)

The safest thing to do would be to place the aquarium on a solid, concrete, bottom-level floor.

Just my opinion.


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I had to move about 2 years ago and when I moved I did not clean the tank wh I took everything out of it. Now I need to clean it out and it has a lot of scum and old dead alge on the insides of it. What would be the best way to clean it out so I can start using it again? The tank is aournd 110 gallons. Thanks,
Scott....

Scott, been there. I used a paste of non-iodized salt as my tank was glass, not plastic. Paste on a soft towel did it then I let a hose run in the tank
to totally flush it for several fillings. Turned hose off, dipped some out, and let it set to make sure no leaks, then aftr a day emptied and moved it to the stand in the living room.
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you might even fill it and leave it for a few days and then use normal t cleaning methods... it sounds like you have a job on your hands...

Sounds like a plan.. :) Thanks. It's at my parents house right now, my Mom p wrapping paper around it so you can't see how messy it looks. :) I'll have t go over and fill it this weekend. Hopefully it won't go tru their ceiling! They have a pretty old house. I'm not sure how much it wieghs when it's full only that it's too heavy to move.

Scott, move it to the garage on the flat level floor and treat it there. A 110G tank filled can be *very* heavy. If you can set it to the side and just use a hose to fill and a spare portion of hose to siphon off down the
driveway, this is an easy job.
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