background on glass ..good or bad

[laredo300c]

i have a 55 gallon that i'm turning into a reef...it's been fowlr for more than a year.....my question is that even though the backdrop is blue...it is covered in coralline......my gf wants me to start cleaning it...since it is sumpless, the equipment is in the tank so the coralline kind of blends the equipment in so i like the coralline....is is actually benefiting the tank or should i just wipe it off.........should i do a little at a time or clean all at once ....what do you guys think

 

[shogun323]

I personally like to scrape the coraline off the back of my tank because I like the contrast of my reef against the black background.

 

[reeffreakgeek]

I like coralline on the back glass,I say since you like it, leave it, and the girlfriend be damn.

 

[earlybird]

I'm with shogun I like a clean looking tank and plan on scraping. I too have a black background.

 

[frankthetank]

I don't have any background... so I like the coraline. I dream of the day when I have a coraline filled background.

 

[patandlace]

Originally Posted by reeffreakgeek
I like coralline on the back glass,I say since you like it, leave it, and the girlfriend be damn.

 

[suv]

Originally Posted by reeffreakgeek
I like coralline on the back glass,I say since you like it, leave it, and the girlfriend be damn.
HAHAHA!!!!!! I would have to agree, I like it too. The way I look at it is, I do all the work so if my Wife doesn't like it tough $#?^

 

[daninct]

I have black background and I wipe it clean where I can reach. I say do what you like if its your tank. After 24 years of marriage I lost every room in the house and even the garage. All I have that is mine are the tanks!

 

[earlybird]

Originally Posted by daninct
I lost every room in the house and even the garage. All I have that is mine are the tanks!
Would make a good bumper sticker or shirt.

 

[daninct]

I bet I am not alone....

 

[rbaldino]

The back glass can be hard to clean, and coraline is even harder. I say limit the disruption to your tank and just leave it.

 

[ci11337]

"my gf wants me to start cleaning it..."

 

[grumpygils]

Originally Posted by laredo300c
i have a 55 gallon that i'm turning into a reef...it's been fowlr for more than a year.....my question is that even though the backdrop is blue...it is covered in coralline......my gf wants me to start cleaning it...since it is sumpless, the equipment is in the tank so the coralline kind of blends the equipment in so i like the coralline....is is actually benefiting the tank or should i just wipe it off.........should i do a little at a time or clean all at once ....what do you guys think
I like it clean. Makes the tank look cleaner in general. I use a razor blabe on a wood dowl. Takes 2 minutes to get it like new!
Mc

 

[imfsub12]

Originally Posted by FranktheTank
I don't have any background... so I like the coraline. I dream of the day when I have a coraline filled background.
do you have to feed your tank any thing else to get the coraline to grow.. as we don't have any coral in our tank.....

 

[iampumpkinman]

Originally Posted by ci11337
"my gf wants me to start cleaning it..."


thats a good one