White spots all over tank glass

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I've noticed a growing amount of these white spots on my tanks glass, just now taking over it. What is it, and how do I get rid of it, and prevent this from happening again?
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If I'm looking at what you're looking it - it looks like coralline algae? I assume its 'hard'. You just need to scrape it off periodically.
 

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I've noticed a growing amount of these white spots on my tanks glass, just now taking over it. What is it, and how do I get rid of it, and prevent this from happening again?
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PS - when you scrape it off the glass - you can hope that some of it settles/grows on your rocks.
 

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It is coraline and I use an old credit card to scrape it off on front and sides of tank. A pencil urchin will keep this clean but will do the whole tank, not just the front
 
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It is coraline and I use an old credit card to scrape it off on front and sides of tank. A pencil urchin will keep this clean but will do the whole tank, not just the front
I have a biocube 32. Would a chisel work better against removing it?
Are pencil urchins hard to keep? Right now my tank is fish only.
 

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I think OP is referring to the small dots on the back.
If so, theyre way in the back but would guess to be spirobid worms. Same removal process
 

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