Hair algae + algae on glass

[joshuashih1]

I have a ton of hair algae as well as algae on the glass. The issue wirh the glass algae is it’s really on there even my magnetic scraper can’t get it off unless I go back and forth on the same spot for over 10 min straight please look at my photo and give recommendations. I understand Ultimately it’s a chemical balance issue but I want to build a cleanup crew that can visually clean it immediately after that I will monitor the chemical balance in my tank and maintain a good and healthy one. Might think it’s 20 gallons please give me recommendations I already have one emerald crab and one snail that goes on the glass and one hermit crab but it’s definitely not able to overcome as you can see from the picture

 

[T-J]

Even with a good CUC, they won't eat algae if it's too long. You need to get in there and manually pull/scrape as much as you can, then some Turbo snails will mow down the rest.

FYI, cleaning your glass is something you should be doing every few days. If you stay on top of it, it won't get to the point where you can't clean it off.

I also noticed brown stringy stuff, with the air bubbles on your rocks. It's hard to say for sure from this pic, but you might have Dinos as well. Again, I could be wrong, but more pics could help.

 

[joshuashih1]

Even with a good CUC, they won't eat algae if it's too long. You need to get in there and manually pull/scrape as much as you can, then some Turbo snails will mow down the rest.

FYI, cleaning your glass is something you should be doing every few days. If you stay on top of it, it won't get to the point where you can't clean it off.

I also noticed brown stringy stuff, with the air bubbles on your rocks. It's hard to say for sure from this pic, but you might have Dinos as well. Again, I could be wrong, but more pics could help.

 

[dannyd_]

Can you tell us about your tank maintenance routine and your levels? For example how often you do water changes and how much.