do you clean the algae off you back and side glass

[joedodge]

i was wondering if others like all the glass in there tank to be spotless or if you let the filter intakes and side and back glass get covered with algae. i have some brown algae groing on my sides and back and filter hardware but kind of like it.

 

[Fat Homer]

I normally try and get rid of all algae that grows in my tank no matter where it is, since i personally can't stand all the blotches of green / brown every where...

 

[joedodge]

cool ya i kinda like but im unsure

 

[justonemoretank]

I clean the sides. The back I don't worry about. I only have 2 tanks that have that algae, anyway, though. One is planted and not-quite-right yet (still experimenting) and the other is SW and the algae on the back glass is Coralline .

 

[assortedsorts]

yeah I do...im not as picky with the back though

 

[Akabir47]

I leave the back alone because im lazy and dont want to move any lines and I think it also provides more algae for my pleco to munch on...

 

[joedodge]

ok awsome now looking at it alot of the viewing can be done through the side of the tank il prolly just leave the back alone but clean ther sides

 

[studd muffin]

i let my pleco take care of it

 

[johnd651]

everything but the back, and my plecos are picky eaters (that or spoiled) they wont eat the stuff off the glass

 

[fisher12889]

I usually leave it on the back (I don't have a background, so it kind of hides my filters and power cords) but I keep the sides pretty clean so I can see through them.