Coralline Problem
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Warr is this your tank
Mekaeel
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Where it is growing on the silicone i would just leave it there.
I would presume you calling it 'dreaded' because its chowing up your Ca and Alk?
I would presume you calling it 'dreaded' because its chowing up your Ca and Alk?
Allot of urchins will eat coralline.
Dreaded because what it's making my tank look like, check how messy the glass is getting, let alone the back pane.
Yip, the War Machine
if you had to use a blade closely to the silicone, wounldn't at least break? maybe leaving a bit on the silicone behind?
Don't think so, next best thing i recon would be to get a cleaning sponge from the kitchen......
I have a hard sponge magnetic cleaner and this works great on the flat glass, but is no good on the corners.
I think you may have an idea there
Hi Warr to get off caralline off your glass not a prob, get the aqua medic mega mag with blade or kent scrapper is much cheaper it is made of plastic but for your silicone i will just leave it
I have a hard sponge magnetic cleaner and this works great on the flat glass, but is no good on the corners.
I think you may have an idea there
Yeah... think its time for you to get your hand wet.....
Mekaeel
Moderator
Im with Imarine on this one. Scrape of whats on the glass if Coralline is an issue but just leave the delicate areas (silicone) alone.
Carefully scrape the glass with a blade, then use a small piece of the "cleaning sponge" and clean the silicone. The abrasive on the sponge can scratch your glass badly though! Otherwise use a toothbrush on the silicone and Stanly blade on the rest.
Your tank looks great btw!
Your tank looks great btw!
I actually found that my tank has glass over the silicone joins so scraping has not been a problem.
Question: Does coralline have any benefits to our systems. It seems that it only has negatives (Ca consumption, destroying pumps, blocking pipes etc.) So shouldn't we consider this algae a nuisance like GHA, aiptasia etc.
Question: Does coralline have any benefits to our systems. It seems that it only has negatives (Ca consumption, destroying pumps, blocking pipes etc.) So shouldn't we consider this algae a nuisance like GHA, aiptasia etc.