Scraping algae while building copepod population?

[SleepyMama1986]

I have some very unsightly algae on the back and some of the glass of my aquarium. I can stand the bit on the sand but the back is pretty gross. I’m also trying to build a copepod population, so I’m wondering if I should just leave the algae or if it’s ok to scrape it. (Picture of back wall and of the algae on sand for color reference).

 

[commod0re]

fine to scrape it, they’ll populate the rocks more anyway

 

[SleepyMama1986]

Great, thanks! I was hoping this would be the answer.