toothbrush?

[Melonbob]

has anyone taken a toothbrush to their rock inside the tank? I want to get rid of that bristley algae, but I can't take my rock out cause there are corals stuck to it, and I don't want to tear it apart anyways. I'm worried about scrubbing inside the tank cause that might just cause it to spread

 

[yote]

I wouldnt scrub any algae off in the tank.Thats a sure fired way to spread it.
How ever I have used a brush in the tank to spread coralline.

 

[fishbait]

I second yote.

 

[Melonbob]

so how the hell do I get rid of it?!? lol

 

[yote]

Very carefully.:mrgreen:

I used a short piece of airline tubing to clean algae off the rock I couldnt take out of the tank.Just start a siphon with the tube and stick it into the algae.Pinch the end and pull the algea loose and let the siphon do the rest.
If your not doing a water change,just let the water run through some mechanical filter media and pour it back into the tank minus the algae.

 

[Melonbob]

This stuff is tough, I can't pull it off with my fingers or tweezers. Pliers maybe, but not sure I want to go sticking those in my tank! lol

 

[yote]

Try making a paste with some kalk and smearing it on the algae.I dont that it'll work,but its worth a shot.

 

[Oscarsdad608]

I have been reading that if you raise magnesium to 1700 it will kill the algae.

 

[reeffreak]

Rausing magnesium will kill bryopsis and other nuisance algae but it doesn't look bad enough to take that drastic step yet.