ichiromariners
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there is brown algae on my glass that my crab can't reach and my fish won't eat should i leave it there or scrap it off with something?
brown algae on glass
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donkeykong
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my TEN snails are always on the front which keeps it clean but can be a little bit of an eye sore
carrie1429
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Usually for the brown glass algea the snails do a pretty good job or you can just get it off with the magnet scraper as suggested above. Just be lucky its not green coraline algea, snails or a magnet scraper can't get that stuff off the glass.
ichiromariners
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what gets the green coarline off? can i just scrap the algae off with my crushed coral so i can spread on my rocks for my crab to eat?
carrie1429
Active Member
It won't come off that easy. The onlt way I get it off is with a razor blade. Takes a long time to scrape your whole entire tank too. Do you think you have green coraline too? It will look like a bunch of little light green dots on the glass, very little dots.
ichiromariners
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no i just have the brown algae on my glass the tank and coral have green algae on them. you seem to know a lot do you have msn messanger or aim?
carrie1429
Active Member
No I don't have either one, why?
striker
Member
Try to clean off and remove the algae carefully without spreading it in the tank. The addition of a small powerhead aimed along the glass will help keep the algae from spreading out again. The easiest way to remove the green coraline from the glass is with a magnetic scraper. If you don't have one I highly recommend it. It cut down my cleaning time from 15-20 minutes to 2-3 minutes.
carrie1429
Active Member
How do you get it off with a magnet scraper? The green coraline on my glass wouldn't come off with anything but a razor blade.
carrie1429
Active Member
Originally posted by PC Fisher:
<strong>Magnetic cleaners are GREAT!! There is a cleaning pad on the inside of the tank and you control it by another pad on the outside of the tank.</strong><hr></blockquote>
They do work great on most algea except coraline that is, at least I can't get mine off. How is it that everyone else can get their magnet scraper to work on coraline?
<strong>Magnetic cleaners are GREAT!! There is a cleaning pad on the inside of the tank and you control it by another pad on the outside of the tank.</strong><hr></blockquote>
They do work great on most algea except coraline that is, at least I can't get mine off. How is it that everyone else can get their magnet scraper to work on coraline?
mpgt
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The magnetic scrapers eventually begin to leak. Salt water gets inside and causes the magnet to rust. If you use them near the bottom, you can pick up a grain of sand and scratch up the glass. Razor blades will scratch the tank too. Some people use a long handled toilet brush; too much scrubbing for me.
Get a (plastic)Kent Pro-Scraper. I just got one with a 7" wide blade for $3.39. It gets algae off in one pass, easier and faster than anything I've ever seen!
Get a (plastic)Kent Pro-Scraper. I just got one with a 7" wide blade for $3.39. It gets algae off in one pass, easier and faster than anything I've ever seen!
ichiromariners
Member
i have found that a toothbrush works quite nicely.
smalltimer
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i agree with the previous post, also if it is a new tank, it is a diatom that will dissappear with time. ALL tanks, when new with r.o. water or not will have some diatom alge. Other than that u gotta clean d pool.
afishmonkey
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i just recently got 6 herms and 7 snails and WOW are they increadible as soon as i put them in they went to work and havent stopped and i highly recomend them well the snails are cleaning the rocks also there my 4X4 snails there rockin 
and well there mostly on rocks then glass but glass is clean they did good i guess they moved on but ocassionally there workin on glass and herm crabs are doin good alsojust rember to accumate slower than normal hope it helps and for quick fixes on algie i use a sponce soft side and a mag scraper hope this helps peace <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />
and well there mostly on rocks then glass but glass is clean they did good i guess they moved on but ocassionally there workin on glass and herm crabs are doin good alsojust rember to accumate slower than normal hope it helps and for quick fixes on algie i use a sponce soft side and a mag scraper hope this helps peace <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />