Help to eliminate GSP!

[Nano man]

Hi everyone,
So I am finally going to eliminate this GSP that is taking over my tank. I am fine with it on the back wall of the tank but not on the rocks anymore.
What is the best way to get rid of it? Chisel it off the rocks after peeling off what I can?
Burn it with a flame-thrower lighter? Please help!
Jay

 

[i cant think]

Hi everyone,
So I am finally going to eliminate this GSP that is taking over my tank. I am fine with it on the back wall of the tank but not on the rocks anymore.
What is the best way to get rid of it? Chisel it off the rocks after peeling off what I can?
Burn it with a flame-thrower lighter? Please help!
Jay

Honestly, a fish that eats it will be best… but your zoas and other wanted coral are likely to be at risk.

 

[ryanjohn1]

Get new rocks

 

[Science/G]

Use a razor knife and a small flathead screwdriver. Then, cover any tiny remaining pieces with super glue. This will be an ongoing battle unless you remove all the rocks unfortunately

 

[tzabor10]

A long spined urchin will gladly destroy them for you

 

[Nano man]

A long spined urchin will gladly destroy them for you

Seriously?

 

[bdesign]

Willing to sell/ship any of it?

 

[Katrina71]

Peel it. Peel it when it starts growing back. Eventually it will be gone.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi everyone,
So I am finally going to eliminate this GSP that is taking over my tank. I am fine with it on the back wall of the tank but not on the rocks anymore.
What is the best way to get rid of it? Chisel it off the rocks after peeling off what I can?
Burn it with a flame-thrower lighter? Please help!
Jay

Press down with thumb, then peel back otherwise a Plastic putty knife

 

[Nano man]

Willing to sell/ship any of it?

I don’t have access to an oxygen tank. However, I have shipped plenty of chaetomorpha and dragons breath in double ziplocked bags wrapped in newspaper and shipped priority mail. No issues. This particular strand of GSP is from cherry corals and it pops like no other! I can pull a lot of it off, it’s just the hard to reach spots on the rocks that would test my patience though. Let me pull it off, take pics and we go from there.
Hit me up.
Jay
31410

 

[Nano man]

Use a razor knife and a small flathead screwdriver. Then, cover any tiny remaining pieces with super glue. This will be an ongoing battle unless you remove all the rocks unfortunately

I will move all the rocks with gsp and tackle each one individually, sounds like fun huh? Gonna take hours, there goes my Sunday.

 

[bdesign]

How’d it go?

 

[Nano man]

How’d it go?

Man it didn’t! Had to take the family out and couldn’t even start unless I plan on finishing it! Married life!
I plan on starting tomorrow after getting kids from school.

 

[John_Sav]

If you want to sell any of the rocks I'm also in Savannah and would be more than willing to pick some up.

 

[Nano man]

If you want to sell any of the rocks I'm also in Savannah and would be more than willing to pick some up.

I’ll get it squared away tomorrow. I just hate to get rid of my rock that I’ve had for so many years.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

I don’t have access to an oxygen tank. However, I have shipped plenty of chaetomorpha and dragons breath in double ziplocked bags wrapped in newspaper and shipped priority mail. No issues. This particular strand of GSP is from cherry corals and it pops like no other! I can pull a lot of it off, it’s just the hard to reach spots on the rocks that would test my patience though. Let me pull it off, take pics and we go from there.
Hit me up.
Jay
31410

No need for an oxygen tank, just air in the bag is fine. Honestly, it's GSP, it'll survive dang near anything. When the weather warms up I wouldn't hesitate to send this stuff priority mail.

 

[Nano man]

And the process begins!

 

[bdesign]

And the process begins!

I feel for you

 

[littlebigreef]

Panacur/fenbendazole is a largely reefsafe option for system wide treatment. It’s mostly known for treating invasive clove polyps but has also been reported to work on Xenia, green star polyps, blue ridge coral (experience) and some other leathers.

Main r2r thread is here

Caveats;
1) I’d manually remove as much gsp as possible. Double tap (dose again) after 6-7 weeks to really knock it out.
2) you gotta remove cuc
3) you can use carbon to remove after treatment(s)

I’ve used 3 times on my old system (1 and the 2xs over 6 weeks on a second try) to fully and completely remove bcp. It also killed gsp I couldn’t remove.

 

[Nano man]

And here is what I got!
A bucket load of giant butt Cherry Corals GSP frags!