Algae on glass

[Afsal]

hiya all

every second day , i need to clean my front glass of my tank. There's this brown/green algae growing on it. theres tons of corraline growing elsewhere and a bit on the front glass which i wipe off.

whats the cause of the algae??? excess nutrients ??? is this the norm for one to clean the glass every few days ???

 

[Rod]

hiya all

every second day , i need to clean my front glass of my tank. There's this brown/green algae growing on it. theres tons of corraline growing elsewhere and a bit on the front glass which i wipe off.

whats the cause of the algae??? excess nutrients ??? is this the norm for one to clean the glass every few days ???

Yip, afraid so.

 

[Alan]

Some people are lucky and only have to clean once or twice a week.

 

[ShaneW]

I got the same prob Afsal

 

[Afsal]

so this is the norm for alage to grow on the glass ???

 

[Mekaeel]

yip its normal.i gotta clean my glass everry 3 - 4 days

 

[viper357]

120 snails

 

[KevinW]

120 snails

Glass is crystal clear...just cant see through them damn snails!!

 

[Mekaeel]

120 snails hey,thats on what size of a tank

 

[viper357]

@ Kevin

Well the pro's overseas do recommend a certain number of snails and crabs per couple of litres, can't remember the exact figures but it worked out to be a whole lot.

 

[Mekaeel]

Well the pro's overseas do recommend a certain number of snails and crabs per couple of litres, can't remember the exact figures but it worked out to be a whole lot.

cool.will do a check on that later

 

[ShaneW]

Now to find some snails.... they way too expensive at the LFS. I only managed to find one turbo on my last transkei trip, and it fell on its back soon after.

 

[Rory]

Yeah if you put in the recommended amount you will spend as much on snails as on live rock