How often do you Mag Float clean your glass?

[specialk]

Hey All -

Just wanted to hear how often many of you mag float / clean your glass? I know many use it as an indicator of phosphate levels possibly creeping up, so I was wondering how often many of you have to clean your glass and rid it of that pesky film.


( I also ask, because I am running GFO and still find myself frequently having to clean it )

 

[Watevadog5]

I used to clean it every 2 or 3 days I would say. Now I am using vibrant and its more like once every two weeks.

 

[Maacc]

I am at a little over a week. Alot of that is to keep the coraline at small dots to stop it from getting difficult to remove.

 

[httorihanzo]

Every day

 

[dbl]

Every other day. I have three sides to clean but I use the time to really examine the tank and look out for "things", whatever that means!

 

[jeflen651]

It was daily until I started using Vibrant, now about once a week.

 

[Lninwa]

My tank is only about 12 weeks old and although my phosphates are 0 and all other prams are good I'm cleaning every evening film from my glass. I do have a cyano outbreak so the tank is going dark for 3 days after I siphon off the red stuff. Then I will have to feed less as this is the only thing I think I'm doing wrong

 

[ahiggins]

The front glass, every other day.
The sides maybe once a week.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Hey All -

Just wanted to hear how often many of you mag float / clean your glass? I know many use it as an indicator of phosphate levels possibly creeping up, so I was wondering how often many of you have to clean your glass and rid it of that pesky film.


( I also ask, because I am running GFO and still find myself frequently having to clean it )

Nutrients in general, not just phosphate. Even trace elements play a role.

I cleaned mine every few days.

 

[ahiggins]

Does anyone notice hard to remove green dots under the film algae?
It comes off with a razor but just curious if its the same film that hardens...

 

[twilliard]

once a week I think or maybe every 10 days. I clean the outside of the glass more than the inside.

 

[jason2459]

It was daily until I started using Vibrant, now about once a week.

I used to clean the glass off every 3 days or so until I started using Vibrant, now about once a day.

 

[AdamNC]

About every 3-4 days or so. Sometimes longer.

 

[Viracon13]

Twice a week for my front glass. The other 3 sides are completely covered in coralline algae

 

[LetItReef]

Everyday and I also have a GFO reactor. My guess is my tank is near a window and hit by sunlight. I am taggin' along on this thread. I need a solution.

 

[tomtom2245]

I do about once a week or so on each of my tanks. I don't use a mag float though, got rid of those a while ago. Granted I have small tanks, all 26gal or less. I just use one of the scraper blades that are attached to a stick.

 

[Pugfishluv3]

I clean mine every few days as needed.

 

[NanaReefer]

Vibrant or not I'm cleaning every 2-3 days.

 

[Mike_J]

I also dose Vibrant but still clean my glass daily with my Flipper pad. I'm a bit OCD with my tank

 

[kashman100]

Does anyone notice hard to remove green dots under the film algae?
It comes off with a razor but just curious if its the same film that hardens...

These are probably the start of coraline algae

Vibrant or not I'm cleaning every 2-3 days.