Scraping side glass

[Dekon]

Does anyone only clean their front glass and leave the side panels alone? I am thinking of doing it, just wanted to see if anyone is. Pro's and con's of not cleaning them?

 

[Technorch]

I clean the sides as well. I like seeing the view of the tank from different angles.

 

[GobyWanKenobie]

If it's a side of the tank where I can actually look into the tank, I clean it all the time. If it's a side against the wall or the back of the tank, I leave it for the snails and urchin. When it gets really bad, I'll scrape it before doing a water change.

 

[JohnK]

Glass that is clean inside and not painted on the outside will reflect a bit more light back into the tank. Not a giant difference, but some. Search for james fatheree's T5 testing.

 

[RiverRat]

I clean all of the glass in my tank, I just like the look of a clean surface around my rock and corals.

 

[Turbosnail]

I try to keep mine clean but I have been slacking lately.

 

[P-Nut]

I leave the sides and back pink and purple. I like the look, but I also have my rocks going front to back on each side, and along the back of the tank, so if you look at it from above it looks like a U shape. So cleaning the sides not only is almost impossible but I can't see much anyways.

 

[RadReefer]

I scrape the entire tank every week. It adds depth to the tank. Coralline uses up a decent amount of calcium too. I'm already adding 150ml of both Bionic Alk And Ca every day so I have none to spare. Stuff is getting expensive.

 

[viking]

I scrape the entire tank every week. It adds depth to the tank. Coralline uses up a decent amount of calcium too. I'm already adding 150ml of both Bionic Alk And Ca every day so I have none to spare. Stuff is getting expensive.

+1. I started to let coralline build up on the sides and back, but my Calc was taking a nosedive.

 

[stingythingy45]

I scrape 3 sides.The side with the powerhead I leave covered in coralline.
90 gallon tanks with a canopy can be a real pain to scrape clean.

 

[P-Nut]

I scrape the entire tank every week. It adds depth to the tank. Coralline uses up a decent amount of calcium too. I'm already adding 150ml of both Bionic Alk And Ca every day so I have none to spare. Stuff is getting expensive.

Baking soda and the cal mix from BRS will cut down on your cost.

 

[this is me]

Scrape as many sides as you can even if you don't view from it. IMO, a tank that has coraline on the glass just isn't appealing.

 

[drat]

The way my tank is positioned, you cannot really view through the sides anyway. So, I just let the coraline grow. I actually like the look. Plus it helps to hide the power heads and other equipment that are attached to the sides.