Neglected back pane

[solitude127]

So I've neglected the back pane of my tank and it's has a ton of coralline algae on it. Besides a metal scrapper, what other ways can I remove the coralline?

 

[Brew12]

So I've neglected the back pane of my tank and it's has a ton of coralline algae on it. Besides a metal scrapper, what other ways can I remove the coralline?

Let me care for your tank for a month. I can kill anything with "coral" in its name in a matter of days! :eek::p

 

[Gil03]

Credit card works too if you don't have a razor.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

You can do the scraper or get an urchin and watch him eat it :)

 

[solitude127]

You can do the scraper or get an urchin and watch him eat it :)

What kind or Urchin?

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

What kind or Urchin?

I have a black shortspine urchin that loves the green and brown coralline I have. You could also get any other shortspine/pincushion urchin since they are all the ones common in the reef hobby are herbivores. Don't get a pencil urchin, they are scavengers/meat eaters and will often starve to death in an aquarium. Tuxedo urchins are also a good option and are good for smaller tanks but beware they will pick up unsecured frags and take them for a ride around the aquarium and usually leave them in spots where you can't find them.

My future big aquarium will have a halloween pincussion urchin or a couple of red and blue tuxedos :)

 

[MaddyP]

I have a black shortspine urchin that loves the green and brown coralline I have. You could also get any other shortspine/pincushion urchin since they are all the ones common in the reef hobby are herbivores. Don't get a pencil urchin, they are scavengers/meat eaters and will often starve to death in an aquarium. Tuxedo urchins are also a good option and are good for smaller tanks but beware they will pick up unsecured frags and take them for a ride around the aquarium and usually leave them in spots where you can't find them.

My future big aquarium will have a halloween pincussion urchin or a couple of red and blue tuxedos :)

Tuxedo urchin is a great option. This warning is valid though, my urchin has been carrying around a zoa colony for so long the zoas are starting to grow over and around the urchin. It went from 5 polyps to around 15 now...

 

[solitude127]

Tuxedo urchin is a great option. This warning is valid though, my urchin has been carrying around a zoa colony for so long the zoas are starting to grow over and around the urchin. It went from 5 polyps to around 15 now...

lol. it's a mobile frag tank.

 

[nautical_nathaniel]

lol. it's a mobile frag tank.

Big ones can also be bulldozers too, they can and will break stuff like birdsnest corals trying to get somewhere.