Tank Algea

[mcnetwork]

I have a tank thats around a month old and still cycling, all the fish and crabs are doing excellent. My tank has a black background to it and I have not kept up on the algae on the back, the rest of the tanks walls are cleaned daily. So now the back has globs of green algae and a little red, Can I just leave the and let it do what it wants to do or should I clean the back too? Thanks.

Mark

 

[Avi]

It's really a matter of aesthetics. Cleaning the back glass isn't critical in any way, and there's no threat of any kind to the health of the tank if you leave it alone.

 

[mcnetwork]

algae cleaning

algae cleaning

Ok thank, I just was not sure if that was good or bad algae or both, it is creating almost a wall on the glass that actually look pretty cool. Thanks.

 

[Avi]

Let me just mention that if the "wall" includes a thick green micro-algae as opposed to coraline algae, that's more than likely a sign that there are excess nutrients in your reef's water. So, if that is, in fact, the case, take that as a sign that you have to up the attention you give to your water's nitrate and phosphate levels.