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Posted by Peter Pan on August 15, 2005, 9:12 pm
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I have on my on the glass of my tank, the purple algea that is produced from
live rock (sorry I dont know the real name of it) I understand that is this
good stuff that the rock produces, however, it's on the front of my tank and
its begining to obstruct the view of my tank.. I tried using a Magna Float
to remove it, but to no avail. Can anyone offer me a safe way to remove it
from the glass?
Thanks
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Posted by Steve on August 15, 2005, 9:39 pm
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Peter Pan wrote:
> I have on my on the glass of my tank, the purple algea that is produced from
> live rock (sorry I dont know the real name of it) I understand that is this
> good stuff that the rock produces, however, it's on the front of my tank and
> its begining to obstruct the view of my tank.. I tried using a Magna Float
> to remove it, but to no avail. Can anyone offer me a safe way to remove it
> from the glass?
>
> Thanks
>
>
Hey,
I believe it is called coraline algae, although I am certain there is a
more scientific name to it. For cleaning, I typically take a razor
blade to the glass for the stuff that will not come off. I have not
seen any problems in doing this. Hope this helps, and I am sure someone
with much more experience than me can provide an even better answer!
S.
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--> GNU/Linux is user friendly... it's just picky about its friends.
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Posted by Billy on August 15, 2005, 10:09 pm
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> I believe it is called coraline algae, although I am certain there
> is a
> more scientific name to it. For cleaning, I typically take a razor
> blade to the glass for the stuff that will not come off. I have
> not
> seen any problems in doing this. Hope this helps, and I am sure
> someone
> with much more experience than me can provide an even better
> answer!
Yep, Coraline. Razor works great, unless you have an acrylic tank.
One wrong move and your tank is marred for life. Try a credit card,
or hard plastic putty knife.
billy
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Posted by Steve on August 16, 2005, 5:45 am
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Billy wrote:
>
>>I believe it is called coraline algae, although I am certain there
>>is a
>>more scientific name to it. For cleaning, I typically take a razor
>>blade to the glass for the stuff that will not come off. I have
>>not
>>seen any problems in doing this. Hope this helps, and I am sure
>>someone
>>with much more experience than me can provide an even better
>>answer!
>
>
>
> Yep, Coraline. Razor works great, unless you have an acrylic tank.
> One wrong move and your tank is marred for life. Try a credit card,
> or hard plastic putty knife.
>
> billy
>
>
Good call on that! I have a glass tank and would not have thought about
acrylic. Could have been bad!
S.
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Posted by Marc Levenson on August 17, 2005, 6:00 am
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FYI, always always always use a new razor blade. Don't try to be cheap
and reuse an older blade, even if you think you've stored it away safely
for the next usage. Saltwater corrodes the metal, and the blade will
have tiny burrs that will scratch the glass (and acrylic) tanks. Buy
them in bulk, toss them after each usage.
Marc
Steve wrote:
> Peter Pan wrote:
>
>>I have on my on the glass of my tank, the purple algea that is produced from
>>live rock (sorry I dont know the real name of it) I understand that is this
>>good stuff that the rock produces, however, it's on the front of my tank and
>>its begining to obstruct the view of my tank.. I tried using a Magna Float
>>to remove it, but to no avail. Can anyone offer me a safe way to remove it
>>from the glass?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>
> Hey,
>
> I believe it is called coraline algae, although I am certain there is a
> more scientific name to it. For cleaning, I typically take a razor
> blade to the glass for the stuff that will not come off. I have not
> seen any problems in doing this. Hope this helps, and I am sure someone
> with much more experience than me can provide an even better answer!
>
> S.
>
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> live rock (sorry I dont know the real name of it) I understand that is this
> good stuff that the rock produces, however, it's on the front of my tank and
> its begining to obstruct the view of my tank.. I tried using a Magna Float
> to remove it, but to no avail. Can anyone offer me a safe way to remove it
> from the glass?
>
> Thanks
>
>