pepetj

I am going nuts about a seemingly obvious and simple problem: adequate aquarium glass cleaning for taking neat pictures.

I confess here I hesitated on asking this particular question, since I find it so stupid I guess I feel like one posting it, and I've been around Fishlore for some time already.

My dearest wife gave me great a gift recently: a very good digital camera (Panasonic Lumix 10.1 megapixels) as she saw me struggling with an old model I had before.

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong but I keep getting unwanted "dirt" in the glass most times I take pics, specially if I use the flash. The type I am having a hard time getting out of the way is made of "wiping lines" left in the outside part of the glass whenever I use a glass cleaner and wipe the glass with a cloth, as well as not-so-tiny spot-like particles I have no clear idea where they come from since they seem not visible to the naked eye -maybe some come from air or particles due to water movement inside the tank.

In the pic you can see what I mean: in the upper part you can notice the "wiping" lines; to the right the contours of dust left by the magnet cleaner are obvious (how should I address this?) and not identified dirt is all around.

What should I do to address this problems?

Pepe
Santo Domingo

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Allie

Use a good quality glass cleaner, like Windex and wipe with a dry paper towel until the streaks are gone. Sometimes I use the little cloths eye doctors give you with glasses. They work great.

pepetj

Thank you Allie, maybe my glass cleaner is not as good as it says it is...

Pepe
Santo Domingo

soldieroffortune1974

You can use coffee filters to wipe the glass.They leave no streaks.Use a small circular motion while wiping = streak free shine.

Shawnie

also newspaper from your daily news is superb and leaves no streaks...

catbtony

I use a product I got from foster and smith call "Acrylic buffer-polisher" made by coralife-It works great on all my glass tanks-a little goes along ways too-I got the polisher cloths with it too. It helps repel dust and helps keep water spots and finger prints off too

caseyholland

I use an alcahol based glass cleaner, like you get at autoglass stores, it works very well, DOESNT CONTAIN ammonia. I have heard different stories, but i can say from personal experience that windex can hurt a tank, it happened to me and thats why I wont use it anymore.

Drew 43920

Vinegar is a good glass cleaner
Drew