To Clean or Not to Clean?

[TK_KW]

Well what is the consensus #reefsquad #reefsquadleader #Reef2Reef. Do we clean all surfaces or just the front? What do you do?

 

[Crabs McJones]

I clean the front and side panels, the back glass I leave alone. Its covered in coraline algae anyway

 

[TK_KW]

I clean the front and side panels, the back glass I leave alone. Its covered in coraline algae anyway

You sir, have a poll option now

 

[dbl]

Three sides for my peninsula.

 

[mta_morrow]

All 4 sides for me!

 

[Jvesche20]

I clean the front regularly, sides when they get super dirty and the back once every so often if it starts to look gross.

 

[andrewkw]

All sides. Coraline on the glass is a pest not a pleasure. I have a narrow tank but I still scrape the back even if it means knocking a coral or 2 off, because it's my display tank and I want the whole tank to look as good as I can make it.

If you look at any "tank of the month" quality tank they are almost always going to have clean glass. Dirty glass distracts your view which should be entirely focused on the corals and fish. You will find some people who say they like the pink background, but then why didn't you paint the back pink? I'd also challenge anyway who does prefer this look to scrape their back glass and see how they feel. It will grow back in a month or 2 if you do change your mind back.

 

[Ron Reefman]

I have a rather unique rockscape in my tank and I've quit trying to clean the side glass. Especially now that I'm building a new tank and doing a new and different unique rockscape. But the new one will allow me to clean the front and the sides. My overflow weir and back wall will be coraline and/or coral once it matures, but instead of black, mine will be white.

 

[jordan10]

Same as Crabs Mcjones but after seeing some tanks on here I kinda wish I would of cleaned the back

 

[TK_KW]

I clean the front and side panels, the back glass I leave alone. Its covered in coraline algae anyway

Should pin this up to get more votes. Or make new poll. Be interesting to see a larger volume of votes and what outcome is.

 

[clm65]

My tank is built into the wall between two rooms, so I clean the front and back, but not the sides. So “none of the above” as far as the poll goes.