Cleaning glass, without mechanical filtration

[Bill_Moorman]

Question for you pros out there: Is cleaning the glass and scraping algae off without having mechanical filtration a bad idea?

I am running a skimmer but I have no mechanical filtration in my sump. I could add a filter sock, but prefer not to use them if I don’t have to.

Alternatively I was considering cleaning when doing a WC to remove the scraped algae from the water column.

Just not sure how to proceed.

 

[WV Reefer]

Question for you pros out there: Is cleaning the glass and scraping algae off without having mechanical filtration a bad idea?

I am running a skimmer but I have no mechanical filtration in my sump. I could add a filter sock, but prefer not to use them if I don’t have to.

Alternatively I was considering cleaning when doing a WC to remove the scraped algae from the water column.

Just not sure how to proceed.

Hi!

I run with no filter, no skimmer, no sump..... no issues for me at all when scraping the glass.

 

[Jackony]

Your moving the algae from the glass to another place when scraping it off, it will go where ever it ends up. If you can catch some in a sock or other filter that’s great- you have removed nutrients, but more is coming so make sure you know where the nutrients is coming from and if you have excess or normal levels.

Short answer- I just let it fly around and look at other signs for excess or normal nutrient levels.