How are do you keep your tank looking clean?

[vlangel]

I fight algae with algae, LOL. I have a lot of ornamental macroalgae to out compete the micro nuisance algae and it works pretty well on everything except film algae. My magnet cleaner takes care of that.

 

[aquaman67]

Bacteria driven,”dose bacteria and food source” so no algae! Clean the glass every other day about 3min and empty skimmer once week.. besides that nothing! Tank takes care of itself.

Would you care to go into more detail of which bacteria and food you use?

 

[newreeferboi]

Bacteria driven,”dose bacteria and food source” so no algae! Clean the glass every other day about 3min and empty skimmer once week.. besides that nothing! Tank takes care of itself.

What Brand and products do you dose?

 

[Troylee]

What Brand and products do you dose?

Zeovit. For the most part.

 

[Troylee]

What are you dosing for bacteria and how much?
Thanks

Zeovit and mb7 with a carbon source of bacto balance.

 

[-XENOMORPH-]

My sump has a good amount of Bio filtration I added bacteria 2 years ago none sense and I also have a 2 inch sand bottom and I never vacuum the sand bed I just clean edge against the glass

I have to ask hahhaha .. is black and blue the best song on that album?

 

[Cthulukelele]

Personally my answer is I don't. I like to keep algae patches for things to graze on. If they get too long I pull, but grit, grime, and algae make up a pretty large portion of a lot of natural coral reefs and their surrounding area

 

[DDenny]

Right now battling Dino’s so my tank looks bad. Haven’t done a water change is a month snails are keeping hair algae down but the sand it killing me.

 

[Js.Aqua.Project]

I feel like many of us on here strive for a nice clean, mostly algae free tank. I am wondering how are you achieving that? Do you dose certain chemicals regularly, keep a well stocked cuc, or do regular maintenance on your tank. Curious to see what everyone says!

All of the above.

Solid CUC that helps reduce constant algal growth, carbon dosing with vodka for nutrient management, and manual cleaning of glass (and occasionally rocks) to minimize problematic algae.

 

[CKW]

CUC plus three cleaner shrimp, one arrow crab. Snails keep most of the algae in check and clean only the front glass. ( snails do the other three sides)