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Old 03-24-2005, 10:32 PM
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Just wondering what the general concensus is on coraline algae on back glass.

Do you all leave it as is, or scrape it off???
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Old 03-24-2005, 10:38 PM
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I leave it.
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leave it, much nicer than those plastic backgrounds plus, it's good for the tank.

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I leave it. Its enough work keeping the front glass clear. I gave up on the sides too What can I say, I'm lazy

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Hi Marnie. My 500 gallon has a blue background, only to be covered by coralline algae completely. The aquarium looks good like that, and it looks good with the blue background as well. I would scrape the coralline once in awhile whenever I feel like it or if anyone say anything about it. Christy, if you're lazy then I'm lazier. Try scraping coralline in a tank that size. Takes about 2 days of scraping, in between I let my back recover. Regards Ken
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Leave it. Good coraline growth is a sign of a good reef tank

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Thanks all.... I have left it as is and now that its almost completely covered I think it looks fine, but everyone (non-reefers) ALWAYS comment....What's on the back glass???
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Every 6-8 months or so i get the urge to scrape all the glass clean and i do think it looks better after i'm done but the upkeep is too much(i'm lazy too )
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