razor glass scrapers

[donr8]

I've got regular pad scrapers and it seems I have to push very hard and for a long time to clear algae from the tank walls. I am thinking that razor glass scrapers are the way to go. Any ideas are appreciated. I will be at the Feb 12th auction, so, if someone,who is coming to the auction, has some razor scrapers they want to sell, let me know, and I'll look for you at the auction.
Thanks, Don

[gubernaculum1]

Don
Why not use natural scrapers-----?------Red ramshorn snails are fairly good looking and keep the algae down to nearly none.... They do reproduce, but not near as much as some other species(they only over-reproduce when you overfeed your fish), and you can sell the extras( Isold a bag of ~20 at champaign auction for nine $). I could bring you some to auction.
Later~~~~~~~Joe

[Tetraodon]

Depending on what type of algae you're scraping, razors can be very useful. If it's just brown algae, plenty of things will eat that readily. However, considering you're saying how difficult it is to remove, I'm wondering if you have something like "green dot algae". This nasty stuff, literally a horde of tiny green dots, binds to the glass like concrete, and when I've dealt with tanks that have it, a razor is the only way to remove it. For this, Ace Hardware sells a handy little plastic scraper handle that holds a single razor blade, and it's only 2 or 3 bucks.