Help!

[FrostyKevin]

Grains of sand seem to have stuck and encrust my chalice. And it won't come off. It's so covered in sand that I can barely see the chalice anymore.

 

[cdness]

Sorry, not a chalice guy here, but if possible, blow off the coral with a direct blast from the powerhead or return. See if the sand will come off. I do this with my other corals when they cover with sand like favias.

 

[Me z]

if you dont get it off the chalice will die. They really dont like to get sand on them ime.

 

[aquabull]

Sounds like a diamond or sleeper goby is dumping on it. What grain size of sand are you using? How close to the bottom is the chalice?

 

[Lowsingle]

Use a turkey baster instead of a powerhead to blow off the sand....then, you can brine your turkey with the same water :)

Darren

 

[KLR]

Bingo^

 

[FrostyKevin]

Ok, so I tried basting the chalice, and it worked a little bit. Some of the sand came off. But, there seems to be a crust of sand that formed around the chalice. And, it won't come off.

 

[returnofsid]

Take it out of the tank, use a soft toothbrush, preferably belonging to someone else, and gently brush all of the sand off of it.