Clean Back Wall?

[alrha]

Do you clean the back wall of your aquarium for a clean look? or do you just let it get grown over by whatever?
For those who do clean it, considering that it is most likely difficult to get to (against a wall, or blocked by rock/coral/etc) how do you do it?

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

I have ocd so i clean the crap out of everything.......:splitspin

 

[D1J8Z]

I cleaned the back wall once, when I put my vortechs on. That way when I take off the wet side to clean it there will be a clean spot to put it back in the same spot :birthday:. Otherwise I do not clean the back wall I like the pink and purple :splitspin

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

I like the both No answers. No I don't clean it because it's too darn hard and I have grown to like the natural look

 

[CHEMCHEF]

I clean the back of tank. My 4' tank takes about 10 minutes every other month to clean with a razor scraper. Be careful not to gouge silicone.
I dont worry about behind the rocks. Because rocks are not invisible. LOL

The three poll choices should be

Anal
Lazy
In Denial

 

[Galantra]

I have OCD as well with the look of my tank I make sure there is free space to apply a magnet back there to keep it clean. There are times I clean the overflow as well even though you don't see that area

 

[ZANYMASTER]

I hate the back of my wall,it's got this white crud growing on it,clean it and it comes back.

 

[SevTT]

Do you clean the back wall of your aquarium for a clean look? or do you just let it get grown over by whatever?
For those who do clean it, considering that it is most likely difficult to get to (against a wall, or blocked by rock/coral/etc) how do you do it?

I decided when I started this tank that whatever wanted to grow on the back wall that wasn't terribly nasty-lookin' or actually harmful could, and I wouldn't bother with it. Right now there's just a fine furze of turf algae that's been cropped down to the glass and growing spots of coralline, but I'm thinking about getting some kinda encrusting coral to grow over it.

 

[ClosetFishGeek]

I clean the back of tank. My 4' tank takes about 10 minutes every other month to clean with a razor scraper. Be careful not to gouge silicone.
I dont worry about behind the rocks. Because rocks are not invisible. LOL

The three poll choices should be

Anal
Lazy
In Denial

Good one chef....:tongue1:

 

[littlebuck70]

Well i clean mine since its an in wall unit. It take no time at all.

Nothing like being able to look through all 4 sides.

 

[alrha]

The three poll choices should be

Anal
Lazy
In Denial

:biglaugh::biglaugh:
my problem is that i am both anal and lazy. as a result i have simply put my self in denial to solve the problem.

 

[CHEMCHEF]

Looks like in denial is winning so far.

 

[Pinkheine]

Currently our overflow box is purple which is okay by me and the sides of the glass on the back are growing xenia, various types on it. No need to clean the walls when corals grow there

 

[cybermeez]

The back of my Oceanic tank is black and I can't really see what's growing there anyway. So, I leave it for the crtters to graze on.