The Back Glass in My Tank Needs To Be Shaved

photo guy

photo guy

New Member
A couple of weeks ago I noticed green Algae??? starting to take over the back glass of my tank (I clean the other three sides every couple of days).
Now the green stuff looks like a bad case of back hair, think Austin Powers.
Today I added 5 turbo snails. Am I on the right track?
All my rock looks pretty good. Not much of the green stuff. Just purple.
Should I scrape the back glass?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Here are the tank specs (as best as I can tell you)
90 Gal Tank
Approximately 120 lbs Live Rock??? Guessing at that but the rock takes up about 50% of the total tank volume.
3" live sand
Berlin skimmer rated up to 250 gals
Only 2 fish, a yellow Damsel and a Tomato Clown
1 sea cucumber
1 very small horseshoe crab (3/4")
50 blue leg hermits (1/2")
10 Scarlet hernits (1.5" - 2.25")
4 Emerald Crabs (1.5"-2")
4 Decorator crabs (1.5")
4-5 small snails, Not sure what kind but they are about .75"
5 Turbo snails (just added today) about 1"
 
dougai

dougai

Active Member
i had the same after adding new cc...
i scraped it and it left clumps for weeks everywhere
it took forever to go away
 
symon

symon

Member
Leave it alone, let the snails do thier job, you may want to think about more of a cleaning crew, I have a 60 and just a couple of turbos and a few blue leg hermits, they are slackin! :hilarious
 
airforceb2

airforceb2

Active Member
What kind of water do you use for water changes? Does your tank get any direct sunlight at any time during the day?
 
K

kimc

Guest
You should try some Mexican Turbo Snails... they should mow right through it (mine do)
 
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