Do you think greenworks is safe for aquariums? OR could be one day?

[Spewn]

I ask for a couple reasons. 1.) I have colorquartz that I can not get the oil off of. 2.) Maybe a future aquarium safe cleaner could stem from this.

Safest(read: easiest, but wear gloves for possible prolonged exposure) way to clean oil is with ethanol. Make sure it's well rinsed before putting it in an aquarium. I recommend staying away from methanol.

Only thing that's really safe to put in your aquarium is water. Anything else could cause problems

 

[dudley]

Just a thought - Maybe try Dawn dishwashing liquid on a pail full of oily CQ. I have heard that environmentalists use it when cleaning wildlife off when there is an oil spill. Just make sure you do a lot of fresh water rinsing after & a dechlor dip for good measure.

I have never tried this but you might want to do an INTERNET search for a legitimate verification of the safety of this product with an environmental group that has used it in the past.

 

[blissskr]

Ive succesfully used dawn to clean off some gravel that was oily. You could also try adding it to a big pot and boiling it to see if you can get the oil of that way.

 

[J double R]

never never never NEVER use ANY kind of SOAP in your tank.

if you do, you're asking for it.

dont say we didn't warn you.

 

[jmhart]

Boiling water, bleach, peroxide, and vinegar are all safe cleaners to use on aquarium products....they all readily degrade in water.

Why do you think it's oily? Where'd the oil come from?

 

[myswtsins]

I do not like the idea of using soap either, it leaves too much of a residue.

I think the CQ is oily because when I try to rinse it I get an oil slick on the surface of the water and when I run my fingers through it it leaves black residue. CQ is known to be oily at times. (I have rinsed this stuff for over 20 hours in every way possible but only with water and vinegar)

I tested a drop of green works on a small pail and it cleaned up quick! It also appeared to rinse out with the first rinse but I rinsed it many more times. I MAY try adding a small fish to an aquarium with this now clean CQ and see if it has any adverse effects.

I have not tried bleach yet so I will probably try that first and hope for the best. I don't wanna hurt my fish friends!! Thanks!

 

[dudley]

I never suggested using soap in his tank. Dawn has been used to clean oily residue off waterfowl, wildlife & structure with great success. It has been proven safe for these purposes. I suggested trying this as a last resort because he seems to have tried everything else. If it was me, I would try the Dawn to clean the CQ in a 5G pail then rinse well with fresh water, bleach it then rinse, boil it and then see what the results are.

The only concern that I really have with the oily residue issue is, what is the oily residue exactly? Is this a byproduct of the manufacturing process or was this product somehow contaminated by something else? I have purchased 5 50# bags of CQ S-grade and have never seen this issue. Only 2 of those bags were black. They were dusty and left a residue on my hands & pail while rinsing but were never oily.

I hope this clarifies what my intent was in suggesting Dawn as a cleaning agent.

 

[J double R]

I never suggested using soap in his tank. Dawn has been used to clean oily residue off waterfowl, wildlife & structure with great success. It has been proven safe for these purposes. I suggested trying this as a last resort because he seems to have tried everything else. If it was me, I would try the Dawn to clean the CQ in a 5G pail then rinse well with fresh water, bleach it then rinse, boil it and then see what the results are.

The only concern that I really have with the oily residue issue is, what is the oily residue exactly? Is this a byproduct of the manufacturing process or was this product somehow contaminated by something else? I have purchased 5 50# bags of CQ S-grade and have never seen this issue. Only 2 of those bags were black. They were dusty and left a residue on my hands & pail while rinsing but were never oily.

I hope this clarifies what my intent was in suggesting Dawn as a cleaning agent.

the problem in using any soap (especially one as concentrated as dish soap) is that it has no comparison to use on wild animals.. if any of that was to get into a local waterway, the sheer volume of water would dilute it indefinitely.

in a tank, however, any residue is going to contaminate that very small (in comparison) amount of water, and any effects it would have on fish are going to be exponentially compounded on the residents of that tank.