Do You Have To Get In Your Tank To Clean It?

Not yet...the one I am planning on will require it. And I've already researched scuba gear and oxygen tanks!

I hire retired NBA players to scrub algae from my tank's walls. They can get the really tough to reach spots.

Try sponges on sticks and those claw things elderly people use to reach stuff


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try a 2 magnets and a scrubber. perhaps a long siphon tube?

Yes & no, I tend to use a normal floor sponge mop which has a nice long handle quite easy to clean all the glass with but also have some magnet cleaner that works on 15mm glass really well think its called hammerhead or something.
To siphon you can get those python tubes i believe, I came across 3 a long time back they are 80cm and work a treat, sometimes I do just use 25mm hose but my arms are quite long :3

All in all it is much faster to get into the tank and do it all but I always have this fear of popping the seams.. unlikely but it bugs me.

I don't think getting in your aquarium is a good idea, unless absolutely necessary. That is a lot more to clean than a couple of arms. Can't you make an extension for all of the necessary tools? Why wouldn't you include pictures? Everyone likes to see big tanks!

Getting into a tank risks so many things, mainly what comes to my head first is tipping it, dropping something or a rock. I'd much rather build a cleaning pole. If I had a bigger 1000 gallon plus it might be a little different.

I doubt one person can flip a tank thats big enough to need you in it, you would need to be awfully strong or jumping into something that you should be able to clean from the outside.

My biggest concern is displacement of the water due to body mass.