I have the purple algae (corraline) growing all over the walls in my tank, and it will not scrape off!!!! Is there some kind of hidden secret of how to scrape these purple spots off???
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Is there a secret algae scraping technique??
I have the purple algae (corraline) growing all over the walls in my tank, and it will not scrape off!!!! Is there some kind of hidden secret of how to scrape these purple spots off???
3rd year into reefkeeping.
-Van
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If your tank is glass use a razor blade. It will come right off.
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buy an EZ-Blade and attach it to your magnet cleaner
My Reef is Alive and well Despite My repeated Daily attemps to kill it!!
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sharp razor...
200g-No Corals Yet!
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.......works good (glass only)Originally Posted by ScorpiNO
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or you can use a credit card or id if it's acrylic
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You're welcome to some of my asterina stars. They're stripping ALL the corraline from my glass and overflows. Where they go looks like new again.
John Roescher
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coralline alage is good alage any way so use a blade scrape it off and sprinkle the shavings on your live rock to boost the growth on your live rock vs your glass, as an after thought are you dosing calcium or purple up? If so stop using it for a while.
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i have the same problem.... these past few weeks its like my coraline algae just decided to spread and not stop. i have a acrylic tank so i have to be carefull, but it comes of easy for me. you should see my refugium now.. 2 weeks ago it had no coraline on it, now you have trouble seeing through the glass!
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For acrylic, I got a flat plastic pan scraper at Target, designed not to scratch Teflon pans. Works better than a credit card w/no scratching.
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