Algae cleaner for giant snakehead tank

[sgland]

So far anything that moves get attacked...even floating leaves get whacked occasionally. So what algae eater last long with them.......no pleco pls as i don't like them...mine a lightly plant tank with gravel.....i got couple of tiny resident snails from the plants i bought but they r too slow to do a decent cleaning. I hate chemicals also. My algae situation is not that bad but i hate to see stuff sticking on my glass, i want them crystal clear!!

 

[jenBLKAROWANA]

No plecos? GOOD LUCK!!! If it attacks anything that moves....you are kind of S.O.L...
Someone here may have advice for you...GOOD LUCK!

Jen

 

[sohfatfish]

erm i guess your hand and a scrub will be the most effective method in this case Have u tried large chinese suckers?.. those on qian hu logo. How big are you snakeheads anyway?.. so that the fish we reccomend you wont kenna makaned by the snake head....

 

[sgland]

erm i guess your hand and a scrub will be the most effective method in this case Have u tried large chinese suckers?.. those on qian hu logo. How big are you snakeheads anyway?.. so that the fish we reccomend you wont kenna makaned by the snake head....

i would use a stick instead of my hands
they r about 10 to 11" right now

 

[mikehawk]

i would use a stick instead of my hands
they r about 10 to 11" right now

Or you could get one of those magnetic algea scrapers that you just drag up and down over the glass. You wouldn't even have to lift the lid.

 

[piranha45]

use a sponge.

 

[sgland]

Or you could get one of those magnetic algea scrapers that you just drag up and down over the glass. You wouldn't even have to lift the lid.

i seen those in shops....but there are 4 sides on a tank so how would it work when u wanna clean the adjacent sides....u just drag it across the corner edge and the magnet is powerful enough to pull it through?

 

[sohfatfish]

Yes the magnet should be strong enough but if u have a thicker glass tank then u should obviously get the bigger and more powerful magnets lah. But why do you want to clean the sides?.. i thought just see from the front can liao...

 

[sgland]

my sides are all clear, no background no oyama no nothing....below is a pic (huge though, i'm too lazy to downsize it)...

 

[elliotyoon]

hey if you feed it and then like give it alot of food until its full then you can clean it i stick my hand in there all the time it doesnt attack me at all bbut i dunno you have 2 i only have 1 so it might be different just make sure there full and then clean it with a rag or somehting or the eraser magnets. but your tank might be cloudy or soemthing because of the algea