Cleaning back glass

[TWYOUNG]

Do you clean the back glass of your tank or prefer it “natural“ and why? I’m thinking it provides a grazing area for snails and some fish when other areas have been cleaned up. It’s an all glass aquarium with a black back, Tank has diatoms but no noticeable algae and low, (too low), nutrients.

 

[Uncle99]

I don’t clean the back, it fills with coralline algae over time anyways, and a bit difficult to remove.
I do sides and front.

I agree, food source for others and more hard surface area for good guy bacteria.

 

[NoohpyT]

I don’t clean the back, it fills with coralline algae over time anyways, and a bit difficult to remove.
I do sides and front.

This

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

I don’t clean the back, it fills with coralline algae over time anyways, and a bit difficult to remove.
I do sides and front.

I agree, food source for others and more hard surface area for good guy bacteria.

This also!

 

[Rp8]

I clean the back glass to maintain the sleek appearance. I scrape it about once a month

 

[ScubaFish802]

All sides but the back for me

 

[Rp8]

I do also move every few years so it saves me tons of work and huge ammonia spike when I reset it all back up

 

[PeterEde]

Do you clean the back glass of your tank or prefer it “natural“ and why? I’m thinking it provides a grazing area for snails and some fish when other areas have been cleaned up. It’s an all glass aquarium with a black back, Tank has diatoms but no noticeable algae and low, (too low), nutrients.

I leave mine for grazing.

 

[PeterEde]

Coraline on back glass also makes it easier to attach zoas or other softies.

 

[Sebastiancrab]

I clean the back of mine. I think the tank has a much more beautiful appearance without the back covered over.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I don’t clean mine

 

[TWYOUNG]

I clean the back of mine. I think the tank has a much more beautiful appearance without the back covered over.

Still haven't decided on scraping the back. The center overflow would be difficult to get to and I've got too many other algae problems to worry about the back of my tank right now lol!

 

[Sebastiancrab]

Still haven't decided on scraping the back. The center overflow would be difficult to get to and I've got too many other algae problems to worry about the back of my tank right now lol!

This has made cleaning so easy! It may work for you with your overflow.

Algae Scraper

The Seachem Algae Scraper is a versatile, 3 in 1 algae scraper for glass and acrylic aquariums. This algae scraper includes three retractable blades: a metal, a plastic, and a soft scrubbing pad. This allows the scraper to take care of soft green algae buildup as well as harder algae deposits...

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[Rp8]

They have them on Amazon for 10 bucks

 

[Floyd-]

I just bought about 300 snails to feast on my glass, rocks and sand

 

[Koh23]

Back and one side glass - no clean

Of course, i'm talking about glass covered with coraline, snails, stars etc... Not covered in algae..

 

[TWYOUNG]

This has made cleaning so easy! It may work for you with your overflow.

Algae Scraper

The Seachem Algae Scraper is a versatile, 3 in 1 algae scraper for glass and acrylic aquariums. This algae scraper includes three retractable blades: a metal, a plastic, and a soft scrubbing pad. This allows the scraper to take care of soft green algae buildup as well as harder algae deposits...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Ordered, thanks!

 

[TWYOUNG]

Back and one side glass - no clean

Of course, i'm talking about glass covered with coraline, snails, stars etc... Not covered in algae..

I'm glad you clarified. After reading this I've decided to remove the gunk off my back glass. Clearly this isn't coraline, or anything else desirable lol! I'm pretty sure it'd diatoms which pretty much cover the rock as well.

 

[Rmckoy]

I scrape the front and 2 sides weekly .
I’ll do the back every couple months when I notice tons of coralline and huge alkalinity consumption increases .

but even when I do . I can only reach about 1/2 way so it’s scraped just below the top
Of the rocks . Just enough not to see it .

 

[TWYOUNG]

I scrape the front and 2 sides weekly .
I’ll do the back every couple months when I notice tons of coralline and huge alkalinity consumption increases .

but even when I do . I can only reach about 1/2 way so it’s scraped just below the top
Of the rocks . Just enough not to see it .

If you see the post I just put up I decided I need to remove it because it's nuisance algae, diatoms I believe.