Cleaning glass frequency

[mckeec]

How often do you need to clean your glass or acrylic (which ever the case may be) of algae? I find I have to scape a thin layer about every three days. Is this typical?

 

[JPA]

I do my front glass about every two days. If I don't coralline grows on it and it's a pain to get off the front.

 

[Sk8r]

A healthy tank produces that sort of thing. It gets better as a tank ages, but you still have to scrape. A mag float is a big help. It's why I prefer glass, though: you can use a razor blade on glass when it gets bad.

 

[Marinemom]

I usually have to clean the glass about every other day. I think it is pretty typical in most saltwater aquariums.

Marinemom

 

[MCary]

I like to see a healthy diatom growth on the glass that requires a scraping every couple days. Diatoms prevent other nuisance algaes and scraping the glass feeds the corals.

Mike

 

[UrbanSage]

Same, every couple of days. Dosing phyto seems to increase the interval between cleanings though. Phyto is competing with algaes for nutrients I guess.

 

[Kaiser Tang]

I usually can get away with it once a week. I think myu chaeto really helps out with keeping tha algae down.

 

[Saltywater]

I clean the front and sides of my tank everyday. That way I only need to use the Magnavore magnet and no scrapping.