06-26-2016, 12:19 PM
(06-26-2016, 10:21 AM)rott Wrote: Just trying to get the lights all figured out for the controller to take care of lighting for me. added a bunch of plants to make the fish happy and also got a bunch of Pristella Maxillaris nice small schooling tetra to be a clean up crew and I also have a army of Cory cats to keep the bottom clean
what is a good way to get green alage off acrylic I have tried scrapers most of them suck old credit card seems to work best is there any fish besides pleco I do not want some thing that will be a monster in a year
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When my focus was on my freshwater tanks, the hardest working algae cleaner by far was the Farlowella. I don't know what sub-species I had as I was at the mercy of the LFS and current availability. They are sometimes commonly called twig fish and although they can get long, they usually will not get a whole lot bigger than the largest of your typical Chinese Algae Eaters. Far more productive and NOWHERE near the bad attitude of those Chinese Algae Eaters!
From THF Magazine
"The Harttiini are primarily represented in the trade by various Farlowella species, usually called “twig catfish” without any attempt to tell the different species apart. A second genus, Sturisoma, is also quite commonly seen. It is very rare to see any of the other Harttiini in aquarium shops, though species ofLamontichthys and Sturisomatichthys are imported once in a while"
Never had acrylic, so no direct experience although I know it scratches when you look at it! Amazon has PLASTIC single edge razors. I wonder it anyone out there with acrylic tanks have tried them??
My GO TO has always been Mag-Floats which does come in an acrylic version. For the tough stuff, like the corailline algae, I use a stainless blade scraper, although I'm sure that's NOT recommended for acrylic. Also for my curved tanks and for that by hand finish, I have found that the Dobie pad from Scotch Brite works extremely well for me. It's a sponge surrounded by a strong plastic scouring mesh that has never scratched. Maybe try that in a less conspicuous spot like the back, or low on the sides.
Good luck.
