Is this algae good, bad, or neither?

[AydenLincoln]

Please disregard the reflections my fish tank is basically a mirror lol. Will next up be coralline algae? I’ve been cleaning it off but I just wanted to ask on here.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Good ol glass algae. Scrape it off and keep going, It's a non issue.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Please disregard the reflections my fish tank is basically a mirror lol. Will next up be coralline algae? I’ve been cleaning it off but I just wanted to ask on here.

Its film algae and often can be removed with bursts from a turkey baster.
Your answer or reduction is reducing white light intensity or number of hours oif white lighting and adding snails such as:
Astrea
turbo grazer
nassarius
trochus

For glass, besides snails, a magnetic algae scraper or algae sponge

 

[Chrisv.]

Neither good nor bad, just part of the process. I think of the establishment of new rock in a tank just like painting. You often need a primer coat and then several layers of paint before you achieve what you are looking for. In this analogy, the ecosystem is built up from bacteria, to diatoms, to green algae, to coralline.

Now is a good time to start adding snails if you haven't already.

 

[AydenLincoln]

Good ol glass algae. Scrape it off and keep going, It's a non issue.

Thank you!

 

[AydenLincoln]

Neither good nor bad, just part of the process. I think of the establishment of new rock in a tank just like painting. You often need a primer coat and then several layers of paint before you achieve what you are looking for. In this analogy, the ecosystem is built up from bacteria, to diatoms, to green algae, to coralline.

Now is a good time to start adding snails if you haven't already.

Thank you!

 

[AydenLincoln]

Its film algae and often can be removed with bursts from a turkey baster.
Your answer or reduction is reducing white light intensity or number of hours oif white lighting and adding snails such as:
Astrea
turbo grazer
nassarius
trochus

For glass, besides snails, a magnetic algae scraper or algae sponge

Thank you!