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dmweise
Sun, 21st Jun 2009, 09:19 PM
I had a rock work blunder this weekend. I was using some epoxy to adhere some frags to my live rock. I pressed a bit too hard and my rocks all tumbled. Nothing was too badly damaged thankfully.

As you can see in the images I have some algae growing on my glass. What is the best way to clean it? I've been using a paper towel and sometimes an acrylic scraper.

I have turbo snails and a lawnmower blenny.

Stats:
Nitrate: 20ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Ammonia: 0ppm
pH: 7.6 (working on increasing it)
Specific Gravity: 1.022

Anyways, I had to redo my rocks. Here's what it looks like now:

http://homepage.mac.com/dmweise/.Pictures/New%20Rock%20Work/NewRockWork007.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/dmweise/.Pictures/New%20Rock%20Work/NewRockWork009.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/dmweise/.Pictures/New%20Rock%20Work/NewRockWork011.jpg

ballardjr2000
Sun, 21st Jun 2009, 09:26 PM
i use a magnet cleaner the mag float brand to be exact works great to clean off alage if its the coraline you have to scrape it off old credit cards work good and make a statement lol

ErikH
Sun, 21st Jun 2009, 09:33 PM
I use a scraper. Seems to work the best. The mag floats are alot of work, and if you get a grain of sand in there.... scratches!

dmweise
Sun, 21st Jun 2009, 10:10 PM
I'll continue with the acrylic scraper. I had a float scraper before. They kind of scare me because of the scratch potential.