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Quick question:

I have two glass cornsnake enclosures and need to know what I can use (besides plain water) to clean the glass.

In particular, I have a male snow corn who love to move around with his tail in the air, blasting away at the sides of his tank. I have been using plain water, (thinking this is the safest alternative) but the results are often worse than when I started. I don't know if I have hard water or not, but I always end up with messy streaks and splotches.

Is it safe to use glass cleaner, etc, assuming that I remove the snake before I wipe down the cages?

>>Quick question:
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>>I have two glass cornsnake enclosures and need to know what I can use (besides plain water) to clean the glass.
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>>In particular, I have a male snow corn who love to move around with his tail in the air, blasting away at the sides of his tank. I have been using plain water, (thinking this is the safest alternative) but the results are often worse than when I started. I don't know if I have hard water or not, but I always end up with messy streaks and splotches.
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>>Is it safe to use glass cleaner, etc, assuming that I remove the snake before I wipe down the cages?
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I wouldn't use glass cleaner. It can leave a residue.
Use a water and bleach solution.
Just make sure to rinse well and give the tank 24 hours before placing the snake back in.
The chlorine in bleach will disipate within 24 hours and all is well
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Yeah see, thats the thing. I do you water/bleach when I completely tear down the tank, but I'm looking for something that I can use on a day-to-day basis. Something that I can put on a paper towel and just reach in and spot clean with....

Simple Green is a good non-toxic cleaner that I have used for years. It does have a mild fragrance, but has never seemes to have an effect on my snakes. I buy it at WalMart or Sams. It's inexpensive and does a great job.

I use Wipe Out 1 and it doesn't leave streaks. You just saturate the surfaces and wait 5 minutes before wiping the surfaces dry. Then I wait for about 20 to 30 minutes for it to ventilate before placing my snake in the cage.

Try using distilled water to clean the glass. It doesn't spot it up or leave marks like tap water.

we use vinager when we spot clean the cages.

So far, Simple Green seems the most interesting.

I've used distilled water before, but it's a hassle to have to keep around, and also doesn't seem to have the "cutting" power to get through dried poops, etc..

Keep the ideas coming!

I just use water, I get some water spots but using the air compressor to dry the enclosure helps with that. I just don't like using chemicals around my snakes, never have
Foot Hill Reptiles

For a quick spot touch-up on a glass cage, I lens cleaner wipes.
They come packaged like a wetnap or alcohol pad. I get 'em at sams' club in a huge box they really don't cost that much. They're also really good at cleaning cameras, glasses, CRT monitors, etc.

Vinegar is one of the best things to clean glass/mirrors with. Leaves it nice and streak free and isn't toxic

So basically, in terms of spot cleaning (as opposed to total tank tear down) is there any product that I should NOT use to clean the glass?

(naturally, I would let the tank air out for a period of time after using ANY product)