Cleaning a RSM

[Aydee]

Cleaning is a relatively straight forward task.. But one thing I thought I'd ask about..

The front corners. A beautiful curve which I have quite a bit of difficulty cleaning. Most things have got a straight edge which doesn't work very well on curves. Does anyone have a trick or tip to make the cleaning easier?

I've only had my RSM for about 2 months now.. It's still cycling for all intents and purposes (still adding LR every fortnight as budget permits). Still want a relatively clean tank however.

So suggestions?

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[StevieTdrill]

I use a razor blade but a good way to clean the corners would be a metal spoon. Either way works well for me to remove hard algae and coralline.

 

[Nano Chris]

Id try a credit card, they have good uses also once maxed out or... lol...

 

[Brent F]

The small Nutrifin? magnet cleaner gets into the corners on the RSM. It is a long, narrow balck bar small enough to clean the entire curve of the glass without having to stick an arm in the tank

 

[Reefmack]

If it's just algae, one of those long handled cleaners with the rough sponge on the end, meant for glass, will do a good job in the rounded corners. If it's hard coralline I have the best success with a stainless steel tablespoon - you'll have to put your arm in the tank, and hold the spoon at the top wide part of the spoon, but it works. The spoon idea came to me after a long time wondering why they don't make a curved SS scraper to get coralline out of the rounded corners, then I realized I had the perfect thing sitting in a drawer in the kitchen!

 

[VCReefer26]

i just use a peice of dls or hand held pad....for glass....i have a friend who scratched the living daylights outta the corners of her RSM and it looks soooooo bad.......

 

[Reefmack]

VCReefer26 - what did she use to scratch it? I've us the SS Kent scraper, razor scrapers, and the SS spoon and never scratched anything. But, I know that if you use a mag scraper or pad, and manage to pick up a piece of two of the substrate and drag it across the glass that will definitely scratch the glass! You can hear it scratching as you pull it across the glass.