Vibration and Inverts?

[Europhyllia]

I am thinking of using an electric toothbrush (new brush head of course. lol) to clean off my inverts like coco worm tubes, etc. before placing it into the new system to eliminate as much algae as possible.
Is that okay?
Or will the vibration hurt them.
I can do manual but electric seemed more thorough and fast...

[allan]

IDK but I would think you would be fine.

It wouldn't be too much different than a bad storm at sea and the damage caused by that is often just a new growth period for coral.

[hobogato]

sounds like a good idea to me. just be sure you have some rinse water separate from the water where you are scrubbing to eliminate as many of the microscopic particals of algae as possible.