How clean is your back glass, REALY???

[Fudsey]

So for those with back glass against the wall, what's yours look like, really.

How often do you clean it and how?

Right now I can only scrape mine with a long handle scrub pad. And it does get neglected. Although my Mimic Tang likes it as he eats a ton of it, so I don't like to do it all the time. Usually just scrape off the heavier stuff. Pic for reference.

 

[Tom Blevins]

Ha, that Tang should have lip marks all over that, mine sure do;)

 

[Fudsey]

So everyone's glass is spotless I guess.....LOL ;Joyful;Joyful;Joyful

 

[Dsnakes]

Mines covered in tube worms and starting to get coralline

 

[swimer499]

Mine is neglected, but growing tons of coralline, so really growing out... I don’t touch the back glass. Gets some hair algae occasionally but the snails take care of that

 

[Jason mack]

Mines clean most of the time !!

 

[Robink]

I clean the back glass once a week usually the day before a wc. However, I leave the overflow alone.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Clean my snail and urchin feeder?!?

 

[PiscesPower]

I keep the front glass cleaned. I clean the sides on the weekends, and I leave the back for the critters to graze on. It has small bit of algae and coralline. My urchin has been eating a bit of coralline but he doesn't stay on the back much.


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[Maritimer]

My Trochus carve pathways through the jungle of hair algae back there, a jungle filled with 'pods and asterina.

I pretty much ignore it, but it does make for something of an in-tank 'fuge.

~Bruce

 

[AdamNC]

Neglected on purpose. No sense to clean it, not looking through it and it’s a good place for stuff to grow.

 

[c2l2parker]

I keep the front glass cleaned. I clean the sides on the weekends, and I leave the back for the critters to graze on. It has small bit of algae and coralline. My urchin has been eating a bit of coralline but he doesn't stay on the back much.


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Ditto.

 

[skiergd011013]

Mine is starting to get dots of coralline over the last few weeks since i started using red sea coral pro.

 

[saltyhog]

I clean mine every time I clean the front and sides.

 

[HB AL]

With all the rock and coral I have I haven't seen my back glass in 2 years;)

 

[Katrina71]

Mines clean most of the time !!

Show off :)

 

[Katrina71]

I let mine grow on purpose too.

 

[Instigate]

When I added my tail spot blenny all he would eat was the algae on the back glass.

 

[Donovan Joannes]

I don't have back glass, both are viewable panel. I do have side glass panels that I can't clean with magnet cleaner. I let it covered with algae film to feed my snails. No algae at all on my main scape.

 

[Susan Edwards]

I keep my fairly clean. Sometimes I'll take the magnet algae glass cleaner, get up on my stepstool and lean over and hand scrape it down to the sand. Other times I just use the scrapers with long handles. I try to leave some near the bottom, or do only the top half to leave the snails something. When the coraline hits it, I'll use my flipper to clean it. Too dark for pics.