Jeff Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 We're going to have part of our house professionally painted soon. What's the best preventative maintenance of protecting a tank, without moving it? Cover with a think plastic drop cloth? I do have a glass top on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBOzzie59 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 If you are not painting behind the tank I think the cover would be adequate (that's all I would do). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickS77 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Harbor Freight sells cheap canvas drop clothes, heavier and less likely to slip off, can be re-used for other projects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannachka Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 drop cloth is the route i would go with too. just open the windows to allow the paint fumes to leave, those would concern me more than covering the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RovingGinger Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Put some charcoal in your filter the day before hand too. That was a @Cory tip from when he did aquarium maintenance - if the owner was doing work on the house, charcoal in the filter the day before can help ensure no bad fumes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ed's Aquatics Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 If you're running air, consider turning it off. Had one pump with the filter clog with paint (from the fumes I would think) and another that I pulled the little filter from cloud the tank water. Took forever to figure out since I had very carefully covered the tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 12:51 PM, RovingGinger said: Put some charcoal in your filter the day before hand too. That was a @Cory tip from when he did aquarium maintenance - if the owner was doing work on the house, charcoal in the filter the day before can help ensure no bad fumes. Any recommended charcoal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RovingGinger Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 9 hours ago, igot2gats said: Any recommended charcoal? Any activated charcoal from your LFS or petco should do, it’s usually sold in a jar and people usually put it in a filter bag. There are sponges with charcoal built in too but I’m not sure how effectiveness differs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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