how often do you scrape your front glass?

[VirginiaReefer]

I was just curious how often people here end up scraping their front glass to clean off that light film algae? I feel like I've been using my mag scraper almost daily lately( its not covered but a few spots start up daily now). I stepped up water changes and cut the lighting schedule back to help.

 

[william Lutman]

Daily unless I'm lazy that day

 

[BZOFIQ]

once a week but I should really do it more often

 

[foxfoxi]

2/3 times a week

 

[silent1mezzo]

Generally every other day

 

[Waters]

Once a week when I do manual cleaning.

 

[TX_REEF]

usually once a week with the magnetic cleaner, any longer than that and it starts to get really thick and I'll have to bust out the razor blade.

 

[paragrouper]

3-4 times a week

 

[braaap]

Once a week.

Does anyone know of a good razor holder that extends and the head swivels?

 

[exnisstech]

I could do it daily but I should do it at least every other day. More than that and it's bad. I run 3 tanks all a bit differently as far as parameters and lighting but the glass gets dirty just as fast on all of them.

EDIT I just cleaned this tank 2 days ago

 

[Reefer Matt]

When I get tired of looking at dirty glass. Lol! Usually every 2-3 days. But could use it sooner.

 

[BZOFIQ]

I could do it daily but I should do it at least every other day. More than that and it's bad. I run 3 tanks all a bit differently as far as parameters and lighting but the glass gets dirty just as fast on all of them.

EDIT I just cleaned this tank 2 days ago

That seems excesive, I dont get that in a week.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Usually only on weekends, very rarely do it during the week.

 

[Extremeengineer]

I do daily. I try to keep the magfloat off the silicone in the corners, that seems to be the hardest part, just being careful, or not being in a hurry and slamming it into the sand, which I have done once or twice.

 

[Atalien2005]

Mostly once a week and usually on Mondays is when I clean my glass and all the manual cleaning of my 3 tanks.

 

[exnisstech]

That seems excesive, I dont get that in a week.

That's what I thought but some say it's a sign of a healthy tank so I dunno. I'm not going to change anything to try and eliminate it since its the same in all of my tanks so I've just come to accept it. If coral were struggling I would look into it but evething is growing well.
This is another one I cleaned 2 days ago. Coral are growing better than ever

 

[braaap]

That's what I thought but some say it's a sign of a healthy tank so I dunno. I'm not going to change anything to try and eliminate it since its the same in all of my tanks so I've just come to accept it. If coral were struggling I would look into it but evething is growing well.
This is another one I cleaned 2 days ago. Coral are growing better than ever

It is 100% the sign of a healthy tank. You likely have a very stable nutrient level. Mine gets like that in 2-3 days. I clean mine off once MAYBE twice a week.

 

[Troylee]

I wipe mine down every other day with a flipper… I have never seen algae on my glass but I do get a white bio film from bacteria built up on the glass… around the sand it takes about 3 weeks to build up algae and I use a scraper.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Once a week

 

[Reef Radiance9]

usually once a week.