daily brownish algea on glass

[ghill]

I find myself cleaning the inside glass of my 20 gal aio red sea tank daily because of the formation of the redish/brown algea. Tanks sits next to a south facing window with black out shade raised between 4 and 6 inches. Nitrate 10 and phosphorous .03 using Salifert test kits. What else do I need to test ? It is a fish only tanks with a large lta and one small and one large clam. 6 fish and lots of crabs and snails of all types.

 

[MnFish1]

I find myself cleaning the inside glass of my 20 gal aio red sea tank daily because of the formation of the redish/brown algea. Tanks sits next to a south facing window with black out shade raised between 4 and 6 inches. Nitrate 10 and phosphorous .03 using Salifert test kits. What else do I need to test ? It is a fish only tanks with a large lta and one small and one large clam. 6 fish and lots of crabs and snails of all types.

wipe it off. It's tank maintenence. I don't think that, for example, the pictures of tanks here showing clear glass etc - is not everyday - it needs cleaning. Dont test anything, don't do anything - just clean your glass - its normal IMHO

 

[exnisstech]

^THIS^ I could clean mine daily but don't. The longer I wait to clean it the better it looks when I'm done. Let it go for 5 days or longer and it will look like a brand new tank when your done lol

 

[dave001]

^Double this^
It's soo satisfying cleaning the glass after 5-7 days.