This thread brings up a situation that I am dealing with now, with my 55G tank that has been up for a couple of months.
I have a lot of green algae on the surface of my SB, which is about 2" deep. I purchased a clean-up crew 2 weeks ago: 2 Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp, 2 Emerald Crabs, 10 Scarlet Hermit Crabs, 5 Cerith Snails, and 10 Turbo Snails. I had read where it was better to start with a smaller clean-up crew, and add on later, as opposed to purchasing too big of a crew, and having them starve after they cleaned everything.
Anyway, as I said, the sand surface is covered in green algae, and I was thinking the ONLY way out was to clean it during the next water change.
If I shouldn't clean it, what can I do to get the algae off the SB surface?
Thanks.