How to remove. Help please!

[DeSoDo]

I finally have all of this bryopsis dead! How do I remove it from the tank? I have 2 zebra turbo snails, 1 pincushion urchin, a handful of dwarf blue legged hermits and a few Cerith and Margherita snails. Help please!! 65 gallon mixed reef.

 

[landlubber]

2 methods that come to mind are attaching a brush to some siphon hose and scrubbing and sucking simultaneously or if possible removing the rock piece by piece, scrubbing them outside the tank and plunging them into a couple stages of saltwater to carry the debris away before replacing.

 

[DeSoDo]

2 methods that come to mind are attaching a brush to some siphon hose and scrubbing and sucking simultaneously or if possible removing the rock piece by piece, scrubbing them outside the tank and plunging them into a couple stages of saltwater to carry the debris away before replacing.

It'll have to be the first one. Rocks are buried under 4" of sand and my tiger pistol and gobies are always down there. I bought some brushes specifically for that purpose, i was waiting on the bryopsis to be dead so it wouldn't spread even more. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Siphoning algae during a water change is what I always ended up doing. I would also up your CUC. Add some more snails in there.

 

[DeSoDo]

Will do. I have to get my Salinity back up. Protein skimmer malfunction overflowed and ato dumped a bunch of rodi in the tank. Down to 1.022, it was 1.02. Slowly getting it back up to not shock the system, then I'll add a bunch more. Thanks.

 

[landlubber]

It'll have to be the first one. Rocks are buried under 4" of sand and my tiger pistol and gobies are always down there. I bought some brushes specifically for that purpose, i was waiting on the bryopsis to be dead so it wouldn't spread even more. I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

its tedious work but if you commit to doing it you'll be surprised how much you can get through while accomplishing a water change

 

[DeSoDo]

its tedious work but if you commit to doing it you'll be surprised how much you can get through while accomplishing a water change

I do them every other week at 30%, mostly because of schedule. Weekly is difficult and I don't see a point in doing 7g a week.

 

[landlubber]

I do them every other week at 30%, mostly because of schedule. Weekly is difficult and I don't see a point in doing 7g a week.

30% every other week is my schedule now too.
I tried less but found nutrients trending upwards and this just seems to keep things looking nicer, works well with my water storage and is easier to commit to routinely.

 

[DeSoDo]

30% every other week is my schedule now too.
I tried less but found nutrients trending upwards and this just seems to keep things looking nicer, works well with my water storage and is easier to commit to routinely.

Nice! Good to know I'm not the only one, lol.