How To Clean Your Live Rock From Aptesia And Movevto Another Tank
Cleaning Established Live Rock Already in Tank
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My tank is 3 years old and my live rocks are just covered with pulsing xenia, aptasia and algae and I just desire to take them all out of my tank and make clean and so to get ride of everything only I don't desire to loose the years of good stuff built upwardly on them either. Any suggestions?
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Surgery. Take them out and employ a knife to scrape off the unwanted working around the items you exercise, live rock isn't super hard or tough you tin can rasp off annihilation you desire and set rocks dorsum clean, rinsed in saltwater.
some tanks can kill fish doing this if the sandbed is filthy, when removing rocks it might upwell unsafe waste
for dirty systems, whole tank surgery
both are skip wheel options and won't cause a mini bike.
some tanks can kill fish doing this if the sandbed is filthy, when removing rocks it might upwell unsafe waste
mail service a total tank pic let'southward see details that determine whole tank cleaning needed including sand, or if yous can work rocks alone and be safe, pics will tell.
aiptasia surgery
for dirty systems, whole tank surgery
both are skip wheel options and won't cause a mini bike.
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price of delay. nobody has a thread showing in tank cleaning of that, the chems and irritants release alone volition be too risky imo
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that'south a very nice reef even if yous left every bit is
if you lot buy anything designed to gear up aiptasia, based on a post it worked for someone, expect it to not. its why we utilize phillips screwdrivers there, we're non joking around.
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+ane for removal simply I prefer my trusty (rusty) wood chisel.
At some bespeak you lot may want to some some more than LR or dry rock away from the larger islands and permit it seed for a good 6 months. At that point you can remove the onetime, cut off what you lot can and annihilation you cant should be put on an island.
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The fish are staring at me with hungry eyes.
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I had a lesson recently. I had a patch of xenia like yours in a predator tank. Our power went out for a week. My tanks got down to 73 degrees and had low flow during that period. My xenia died dorsum xc% and only tiny spots of it were left.
Peradventure if y'all took one rock at a time and put it in saltwater that was nearly 70-72 degrees for a few days covered in the nighttime it would do what you want.
With the xenia gone I would assault the residual with a toothbrush and hot tap water. I turn the rock then information technology is under a stream of hot h2o but runs off and only hits a pocket-sized spot. So I scrub it with a inexpensive stiff toothbrush.
Peradventure if y'all took one rock at a time and put it in saltwater that was nearly 70-72 degrees for a few days covered in the nighttime it would do what you want.
With the xenia gone I would assault the residual with a toothbrush and hot tap water. I turn the rock then information technology is under a stream of hot h2o but runs off and only hits a pocket-sized spot. So I scrub it with a inexpensive stiff toothbrush.
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But wanted to say that you have the most interesting advice out of everyone on this board. My brain didn't even go to the selection of stressing information technology to remove it. This is a solid planI had a lesson recently. I had a patch of xenia like yours in a predator tank. Our ability went out for a week. My tanks got down to 73 degrees and had depression period during that menstruation. My xenia died back 90% and only tiny spots of it were left.
Possibly if you took i rock at a time and put it in saltwater that was virtually 70-72 degrees for a few days covered in the dark it would do what you desire.
With the xenia gone I would attack the rest with a toothbrush and hot tap water. I turn the rock so information technology is under a stream of hot water but runs off and simply hits a small spot. And so I scrub it with a cheap potent toothbrush.
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I should mention it didn't die during the power outage. It died over the week after the power was back on in spite of my best efforts to save it and the tanks were back to normal.
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Give that xanthous tang some nori.
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I took a giant rock of zenia from my cousin and my tank had so much flow that somewhen all of them died. If possible sell of the rock and whatever is left just blast with flow. I feel information technology would be besides painful to manually remove them from liverock. Your lesser rock is well established so wont be an issue with biodiversity and all.
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