Just a little algae...

[hhughes]

So I'm loving this 28g nanocube. The maintenance is easier than my 55, that water change and topoff is quick and easy... it's doing great, Bruce(tte) the maroon clown is living in the GSP and seems well pleased. (Speaking of which, if anyone needs a little frag of GSP, I'm gonna trim it soonish.)

The only irritation is this green algae on the sides. The snails are trying (astrea and a couple of turbos), but they can't even make a dent, and it's actually kinda hard to scrub off. Not hard like coralline (which I also am getting little spots of, and scraping it off), just takes a lot of elbow grease. It's an acrylic tank and I'm a little paranoid of scratching it.

So... is there a better scrubber for this stuff? A critter that will actually be able to make some headway? Any ideas?

 

[j_b_]

Get some Dobie pads, they don't scratch acrylic.

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[stacy22]

Heather, I'll take some GSP when you give it a haircut.

 

[hhughes]

Ok Stacy, I'm going to try to get to it this week

 

[greenclaws]

Might be a silly question if you already own one, but have you considered a mag-float with an acrylic-safe scrubbing side? I think I bought the acrylic scrubbing sheet at petco- just sticks onto a mag float. A quick scrub every two days should remove it without much effort, as long as you catch it before it gets really dense

 

[hhughes]

I've got a supposedly acrylic-safe mag float. It does nothing . Although it might if I scraped before anything was actually visible.

 

[clifton]

I have to use my mag-float pretty frequently or else the algae gets to dense to scrub off. If I go more than a couple of days I'll have to use a sponge and some serious elbow grease or a scraper.