Stubborne Algae In My Mantis Tank?

[craigybaby37]

I keep gettin a build up of stubborne algae on the front and sides of the tank that my mag float just wont budge and the only way i can get it off is with a scraper blade,

doing the sides is ok i guess but the front is a nightmare as the front glass panel is curved and it then curves into the side panels if u get me. However my question is what can i do with the filtration to try keep the algae down??

The tank itself is only a 24L or 5UK gallon and there is a 3 chamber filtration in the back of the tank. 1st chamber consists of about 1 - 2kg of broken up liverock, The 2nd is a small bag of ceramic media then a bag with a small ammount of phosphate remover and the 3rd chamber houses the heater and pump.

 

[SkiFletch]

Switching over to 20k lamps over the tank would really slow down the algae growth. More of a treating the problem rather than the cause, but could help in your case. Ever considered putting a little of that plastic abrasive pad between the magfloat and the glass? If you have enough pulling force from the magnet this could work.

 

[craigybaby37]

the lamp in the hood is realy lame its half white half blue but its a mini version of a interpet t5 lamp with the 4 pins.....each tube is about 10mm wide.

And the mag float is crap ime going to buy another 1 it barely stays on when using it normally so with some abrasive pad between it it will never work.

so you would say the general filtration is ok then???

 

[SkiFletch]

sounds like it, yeah