Keep Glass Clean

[DaddyO NJ]

I am cleaning my glass every other day due to build up. Is there something I can test the water with to keep clean? It is related to high Nitrate and Phosphate?

 

[DaddyO NJ]

Sorry, not TEST. Meant add something to water

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Needing what's necessary to have a thriving tank, comes inconveniences.

Having to clean your glass is a necessary inconvenience.

 

[Lemons]

every other day... oh to be so lucky LOL

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

A healthy system will produce an algae and makes us happy to clean it. Lol.

 

[ilikefish69]

Get ya an easy to use glass scraper, it won’t ever stop, just wait until it’s purple coralline then u will wish for the filmy stuff to come back

 

[JTP424]

Along the lines of what people have stated... what are you using to clean your tank? Maybe there is an easier way to do a daily clean? Large size magnet scraper etc?
I have a magnet scraper that chills in my tank if things look gross during the weekday, then do a good scraping on the weekends.

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Get ya an easy to use glass scraper, it won’t ever stop, just wait until it’s purple coralline then u will wish for the filmy stuff to come back

Flipper here

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I just let it grow, can’t be bothered to scrape it every day. Plus it sends my fish into hiding for hours. Once a week is good enough for me

It as mentioned above, it’s perfectly normal, there is no way to avoid it.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I scrape it every so often not every day though haha

 

[Lavey29]

I just let it grow, can’t be bothered to scrape it every day. Plus it sends my fish into hiding for hours. Once a week is good enough for me

It as mentioned above, it’s perfectly normal, there is no way to avoid it.

This is my approach also plus it feeds snails, urchins and the starfish

 

[UMALUM]

I am cleaning my glass every other day due to build up. Is there something I can test the water with to keep clean? It is related to high Nitrate and Phosphate?

While magnets are convenient they really just release what you don't want on your glass back into the water column. I find using a wool filter sock best for permanent removal. I've also had great results using TMRA weekly.

 

[Undersea Gardens]

I definitely have less algae growing on the glass when my phosphates are lower, however I still have to clean the glass at least every 3 days if I want the tank to look nice.

 

[thedon986]

Over the past few weeks I had family visiting and my phosphates pretty much bottomed out while my nitrates stayed around 20. Once that happened not only did I get some dinos popping up on my sand but I started to get green dust algae growing so fast I had to clean the glass every day. Once I got my phosphates back up it is slowing down and the back pane of glass that usually has brown algae on it returned to brown from green. You may have one or the other of your nutrients out of balance.

 

[blecki]

Plus it sends my fish into hiding for hours.

Couple of things to mitigate that.

1 - Use the magnet cleaner more often.

2 - Park it next to your nori clip.

3 - Scrape while you're feeding.

They just need to learn that it (and you) aren't a threat.

 

[vetteguy53081]

I am cleaning my glass every other day due to build up. Is there something I can test the water with to keep clean? It is related to high Nitrate and Phosphate?

I have to do my glass every other day- Not abnormal. You can direct water flow towards glass to reduce ability to stick to the glass

 

[Enderg60]

Tilt your lights away from the front glass.

After pointing all my lights away from the glass I got better PAR in the tank and I went from cleaning the glass every 2 days to 2 times a week.

A UV and low nutrients help also.

 

[JonoH]

Funny i find that when i dose Phyto i dont have to clean it as often... maybe every 3rd day, and even then its not much.

 

[DaddyO NJ]

thanks for all the comments. I am using a flipper and it is not difficult. I was just checking to see what others think. Thanks for all the replies. Let me get the nitrate/phosphates to a respectable level and see what happens.

 

[nursingcoral]

I scrape away, and sometime my tang will nibble at the stuff coming off the glass. I have to clean the glass often, and the razor tipped cleaners work very well for me.