ZoWhat
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Dinos, cynos, algae of all kinds. I've tried all kinds of methods to resolve issues with all LR in place in the tank bc of NOT wanting to re-aquascape.
But sometimes the heck with aquascaping, you've gotta get the LR out of the tank so you can surgically work on the problem.
I recently decided to do this and here's how it went:
I have bowling ball sized LR in my 6ft 180g so pulling them was not smthg I wanted to do but with turf algae embedded into the pores of the LR like cancer, I saw no other option than quiting the hobby.
Accepting the mild re-aquascape, I pulled every LR as my final option after 6+ mos of frustration "in-tank" treatments.
I pulled only one LR at a time laying the LR on an old bathtowel on a work table. I kept the corals happy by squirting SW from the tank on them every 5mins to keep them WET.
I went to the $1 store and grabbed TWO small spraybottles that were DIFFERENT in COLOR from their "Beauty Isle ". One loaded with SW in one colored bottle. The other loaded with fully concentrated H2O2. H2O2 is cheap.
Exposed areas of LR where there were no corals but nuisance matter...I treated by spraying H2O2 in a surgical manner...not allowing H2O2 drips and flows to touch corals. It's a lot easier than it sounds with a papertowels in hands and a very good small handheld spraybottle. My technique was to spray H2O2, manage overspray and potential rivers/flow, then scrub area with old toothbrush. It's kinda cool to watch the area bubble up with the H2O2 actively oxygenating the area. I WORKED IN SMALL AREAS AT A TIME. I would concentrate on 2inx2in sections.
Not one of my corals died... some LR I had out of the water for 30mins working on them. Key was to spray corals with SW and keep them wet.
HTHs someone who has reached their last option before giving up.
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But sometimes the heck with aquascaping, you've gotta get the LR out of the tank so you can surgically work on the problem.
I recently decided to do this and here's how it went:
I have bowling ball sized LR in my 6ft 180g so pulling them was not smthg I wanted to do but with turf algae embedded into the pores of the LR like cancer, I saw no other option than quiting the hobby.
Accepting the mild re-aquascape, I pulled every LR as my final option after 6+ mos of frustration "in-tank" treatments.
I pulled only one LR at a time laying the LR on an old bathtowel on a work table. I kept the corals happy by squirting SW from the tank on them every 5mins to keep them WET.
I went to the $1 store and grabbed TWO small spraybottles that were DIFFERENT in COLOR from their "Beauty Isle ". One loaded with SW in one colored bottle. The other loaded with fully concentrated H2O2. H2O2 is cheap.
Exposed areas of LR where there were no corals but nuisance matter...I treated by spraying H2O2 in a surgical manner...not allowing H2O2 drips and flows to touch corals. It's a lot easier than it sounds with a papertowels in hands and a very good small handheld spraybottle. My technique was to spray H2O2, manage overspray and potential rivers/flow, then scrub area with old toothbrush. It's kinda cool to watch the area bubble up with the H2O2 actively oxygenating the area. I WORKED IN SMALL AREAS AT A TIME. I would concentrate on 2inx2in sections.
Not one of my corals died... some LR I had out of the water for 30mins working on them. Key was to spray corals with SW and keep them wet.
HTHs someone who has reached their last option before giving up.
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