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How do you clean out the tracks on a sliding glass front door tank? One of my 40 gallon sliding door tanks has sand or something in the tracks, making sliding the doors open very hard. I'm afraid I'm going to push too hard and break one. Anyone else have this problem?
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I use Vision Cages that also have sliding glass doors in tracks. Can you remove the doors on your tanks? I don't use loose substrate but at times the tracks do get dirty. I remove the doors and clean out the tracks with a paper towel moistened with virosan. A thin knife or screwdriver is useful at times to move debris in the track to one end and then to lift them out. Also with loose substrate a small, powerful vacuum will work also. Bill
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A powerful vaccuum if you have one.

Or take the cage outside and use a hose with a reasonable pressure nozzle on it.

You can buy canned air at radio shack for pretty cheap. It is a can of pressurized air with a nozzle and a straw to focus the air blast. Primarily used for blowing dust off of circuits, debris out of keyboards, etc. Point at the track and shoot. Wear eye cover if there is sand being blown out.

I hope that helps.