Ok, I hope this gets answered by the time I finish cleaning the tank (that'll be in about three hours... ) But what I noticed before I started was that on the right side of the filter (it's a tetra Whisper) the right one has algae coming out of it and it's trying to clog my filter. It's done this before and I just gave it a good scrub under some scalding hot water, but that didn't seem to do it. Any ideas on how to get it to go away? I know it has to do with the spongy type of pad inside the filter as all you do is rinse it and tahdah you can reuse it. But I also scrub it really well with a baby bottle brush.
So how can I get that algae to go away? Any help would be appreciated.