tanks glass gets dirty fast

[LOCO_LOCO]

my tanks is glass and i see there is something on it,its kind of white color, even i do clean it with magnet cleaner, week later i see glass kind of dirty again , whats makes it gets dirty fast?
i use lights on my tank maybe like 7 or 8 hours a day,

 

[moxxommox]

could be excess food or slime or something like that, get a pleco.

 

[Wolf3101]

Thats about normal.... I can't think of any of our tanks that go much longer than a week without a few passes by the magfloat.

 

[FSM]

I've noticed it on my tank too. I think its algae, but I eradicate it before it can build up enough to look green.

 

[LOCO_LOCO]

ok thank you to all, also yes i have 7" pleco but that stupid fish deosnt clean very well,

 

[benzjamin13]

Depends on the kind of Pleco you have also. I have 2 fancy plecos that hardly ever touches the stuff.

 

[Merbeast]

ok thank you to all, also yes i have 7" pleco but that stupid fish deosnt clean very well,

If it is a common pleco, it has passed the true algae eating stage. Common plecos are really only good at eating algae when they are little. When they get big they concentrate on heartier meals like pellets and fish slime.

 

[kscichlidfan]

Bristlenose's usually work the best for that. Tho is may just be diatoms in the water.

 

[chase45]

buy yourself some snails or go one better and buy plecos. they cost 30 dollars for a nice sized one here. snails move around fast and breed redily