Glass gets covered in green???

[Richieboy]

Hey guys, My glass aquarium needs to get cleaned with a magnet algae scraper on a daily basis because of a green film of algae. Is this green algae phyto? Does anyone else have this problem?

[bpd964]

Its normal.. hopefully as you up your husbandry game, you will have to clean it less..

[doesheya]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8643937#post8643937 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bpd964
Its normal.. hopefully as you up your husbandry game, you will have to clean it less..

[aquarius77]

Its alge. It forms because there are excess nutrients in the tank. Try feeding less, skimming and do more frequent water changes and see if it helps.

[Lpabsolute]

I agree with the above....it's normal...my tank did this and later the green started turning purple...now i have coraline all over the back and sides of my tank....

[doesheya]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8677759#post8677759 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aquarius77
Its alge. do more frequent water changes .
What is considered "more frequent"?

[dippin61]

its better to replace 1 gallon a day, then 30 gallons once a month. IMO anyway.

[gabegmonkey]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8679074#post8679074 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by doesheya
What is considered "more frequent"?

if you are doing say one 10 gallon water change per month... then try two 5-10 gallon changes per month (every two weeks)and see how it goes etc. etc...

[doesheya]

We actually do 10 gallon water change every week.

[BLANKENSHIP76]

You are using RO/DI water, I assume if not tap water often has phosphates in it that will cause algae breakouts.