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11-09-2010, 01:19 PM
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What animal is good at cleaning glass?
In freshwater aquarium, no animal does a better job at cleaning the glass than the bristlenose pleco. Is there someting that is comparable in saltwater? I am looking for a fish or invert that is capable of cleaning film or short hair algae mainly on glass. It must be able to achieve a turn over rate within a day or two. By that I mean, it must be able to clean the entire glass tank in one or two days. All my freshwater tanks have at least one bristlenose pleco and it keeps the glass looking clean enough that I hardly ever have to use a magnet. Is there such an animal for saltwater?
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#3
11-09-2010, 01:58 PM
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I think your mag float will be the way to go because even turbo snail are not going to clean 100% the entire glass no matter how many you put in the tank and if you put too many they will starve, die and pollute the water.
I don't think a pleco could be able to remove the hard corralline on glass if there was such thing in freshwater so saltwater is a very different thing. Quote:
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11-09-2010, 02:15 PM
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those aquarium girls...someone started a thread about the service somewhere here.. snails just dont do it for me... 
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#6
11-09-2010, 03:08 PM
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or this little robot:
http://www.agiaquatics.com/ not sure how much it goes for! lol! See the video on their site.. Last edited by daniella3d; 11-09-2010 at 03:11 PM.
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11-09-2010, 03:46 PM
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Really cool... but for $125+ I don't mind using my mag float and wiping away the glass algae.
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#8
11-09-2010, 08:44 PM
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Sorry, but I think we do the best job over any marine animal/invert.
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