Algae On Walls Of Tank

[squeakyred]

The back of my aquarium has green stuff (which I think is algae). I clean (25% partial water change and scrape the inside walls) the aquarium every Thursday. I have had the aquarium setup for 2 months. I just recently started seeing algae over the past 2 weeks. Last week and the week before the algae was just in small areas. This week it is not thick, but it takes up a good size area of the back wall.

How should I best get rid of the algae? Should I get an algae eater, a special type of chemical to put in the water, etc? I am reluctant to getting an algae eater because I don't know if it would eat my fish. I have 7 baby platies in a 10 gallon tank. The platies were all born in March and April. They are about half an inch in size.

 

[Snooks1!]

Most algae eating fish do just that...


Eat algae, not fish. Your best bet is to get 3-4 otos for a tank that size...Or maybe even a bristlenose plec, but I don't know much about those so I'm not much help.

 

[ALEXF]

they make magnets to clean it off as well as scrubbing pads. just scrub it off. just reach in with a pad and scrub away.