Stock/Feeding

[Animal-Chin]

I've heard rumors of tanks where glass didn't get algae but I've never seen one. I use a mag float to clean my glass every day. If it is really thick then ya you may have a phos or nitrate issue but if you just get a daily dusting on the glass, I consider this normal and I know most people feel this way too.

How long do you run your lights? What kind are they? This could be a factor too, if you're running strong lights for like 12 hours it could be the issue...

[r212019]

AI Hydra 26, 8 months old

my blues turn on at 7am, at 8am the rest of the lights start to ramp up. at 10am they are halfway on. At 1pm they are fully on. At 5pm they start to ramp down. at 8pm they are halfway down. At 10pm the lights go off but the blues stay on at 3% until mid night. midnight to 7am the tank is off completely.

should i change this?

[Piscez]

Sounds like a light cycle that is not out of the norm, as mentioned, it's pretty rare that you don't need to scrape the glass every couple of days or so, there are so many factors causing this ie: lighting, bio load, age, cycles, phos, Ni etc levels, just have to accept this is part of the hobby as routine maintenance, not worth pulling your hair out over.