Q&A for How to Clean Aquarium Glass

The cheapest and the easiest way to do this in most situations is water changes. The solution to pollution is dilution. Protein skimming can also eliminate compounds that contribute to algae formation from the water.

Children's unscented wet-wipes. The generic ones from Wal-Mart will work just fine.

Even though the water may be clean, the glass may be dirty. Try cleaning the glass.

Snails will eat the white stuff off the sides of the tank, but don't get snails if you have live plants in your tank that you wish to keep. Also, you could get a magnetic aquarium glass cleaner. The magnet attaches from both sides of the glass so you can clean the tank from the outside.

It could be the fact that it is in direct sunlight, or your leaving the light on too long. Nerite snails are the best for this problem, also get a magnetic cleaner for the walls. Just know that multiple Nerite snails will lead to eggs, which only hatch in salt water.

You should not use a sponge with any product on it, even if you rinse the tank after. The product would still leak into the water, which would kill your fish. I like to use plain paper towels, they get off all or most of the algae. If you have a lot of algae that is hard to get off, you could use a plain new sponge. But before you use the sponge you should rinse it with hot water.

Cut down on the lighting and add a protein skimmer. Also try curing your live rock properly.

You should be able to remove them by gently scrubbing the outside of the tank with a clean, wet aquarium sponge.

Only if you use distilled white vinegar, as other vinegars are not safe, not even diluted normal white vinegar.

You can add an algae-eating snail like a nerite snail, or an algae-eating fish like pleco or Siamese algae eater.