Destroy that algae

[Clanger]

Been thinking if this for a while and it works fantastic, I got a cheap Wisdom electric brush £4 wrapped it in a food bag and very tightly around the neck at the brush and banded it solid and around the handle ,ripped through the hair algae like a strimmer with hardly any pressure,also around individual heads ,bit dusty afterwards ,but today I've turned off flow and given it a light syphon to get rid of waste, hey why not use the partners one ,saves you buying another ,they'll never know !..thank me later ha ,that mess in the pics took 2 minutes

 

[Bucs20fan]

Now that is a fantastic idea. Props to you.

 

[Clanger]

Now that is a fantastic idea. Props to you.

My attitude is if this brush only lasts a couple of times at £4 so what ,I've give it a good few minutes soak under the tap after , I'm sure the more expensive will do a better job esp with interchangeable heads ,hard ones etc, but why bother , just a quickie though ,don't trash it all,your critters may starve , to me it's just like gardening ha ,

 

[PlayerOne]

I have even seen cheapo battery brushes at the Dollar tree! great Idea!

 

[Clanger]

I have even seen cheapo battery brushes at the Dollar tree! great Idea!

 

[Clanger]

We have similar b&m bargains was this one , I just thought Wisdom was a half decent brand as well, give it half a chance of working,going to get another for my fresh water tanks ,maybe it can do plant leaves aswell ha

 

[brandon429]

Warning

don’t do it

reasons: you can’t find any work threads where tanks from the public present to the author with wrecked reefs, they use brushes to fix it, and the outbound worked tanks get fixed to any degree of pattern, it literally doesn’t work. It doesn’t remove mass from the reef it redistributes it


it will pestle algae into your rock and cast the other portion around as fragmented juice bombs

we figured out in hindsight where algae remediation goes, there’s a reason why brushes are the last thing a dentist uses on us vs the first

brushes are poor as initial mass removers they never ever deal with the anchor points, same for plaque same for gha, the rock is the big tooth. It takes pointed steel

a knife tip

the rock being worked outside the tank vs in, then rinsed after with saltwater, is the export trick. All algae fixed externally then a clean rock set right back in

once it’s cleaned via dentistry you then peroxide burn the cleaned area, which already looks perfect due to steel force this handles the holdfasts

this method runs big work threads and transfers outbound really well

 

[laezur]

Brilliant! Will have to give this a go. I tried once with a regular toothbrush and it was very difficult.

 

[Clanger]

Warning

don’t do it

reasons: you can’t find any work threads where tanks from the public present to the author with wrecked reefs, they use brushes to fix it, and the outbound worked tanks get fixed to any degree of pattern, it literally doesn’t work. It doesn’t remove mass from the reef it redistributes it


it will pestle algae into your rock and cast the other portion around as fragmented juice bombs

we figured out in hindsight where algae remediation goes, there’s a reason why brushes are the last thing a dentist uses on us vs the first

 

[EricR]

No data here and definitely not knocking the electric toothbrush idea but kind of along the lines of what Brandon was saying:
I like manual toothbrush because you can use the bristles to scoop and grab a fair amount of algae and get it out of the tank.

Electric for scrubbing in separate bin sounds fun!

 

[Bucs20fan]

Warning

don’t do it

reasons: you can’t find any work threads where tanks from the public present to the author with wrecked reefs, they use brushes to fix it, and the outbound worked tanks get fixed to any degree of pattern, it literally doesn’t work. It doesn’t remove mass from the reef it redistributes it


it will pestle algae into your rock and cast the other portion around as fragmented juice bombs

we figured out in hindsight where algae remediation goes, there’s a reason why brushes are the last thing a dentist uses on us vs the first

brushes are poor as initial mass removers they never ever deal with the anchor points, same for plaque same for gha, the rock is the big tooth. It takes pointed steel

a knife tip

the rock being worked outside the tank vs in, then rinsed after with saltwater, is the export trick

once it’s cleaned via dentistry you then peroxide burn the cleaned area, which already looks perfect due to steel force this handles the holdfasts

this method runs big work threads and transfers outbound really well

Brandon, The number one help to control algae is manual removal. Specifically if the structure cannot be removed. This post can sway people from trying manual removal which is the first step. However people wish to accomplish it.

 

[Clanger]

Thanks for the insight, sooooo your other option is ?? Can you please share, all params are fine but as you said with dispersal , I am going to monitor moving forward for any spikes ..and or further or extensive invasion in other areas .also I put my skimmer on full tilt to try and extract the most I can and as I said siphoned all surfaces , the plan is so I don't have to disturb rock work and the tank ,taking it out to peroxide it etc ,which personally is a lot more risky in my mind

 

[Bucs20fan]

Thanks for the insight, sooooo your other option is ?? Can you please share, all params are fine but as you said with dispersal , I am going to monitor moving forward for any spikes ..and or further or extensive invasion in other areas .also I put my skimmer on full tilt to try and extract the most I can and as I said siphoned all surfaces , the plan is so I don't have to disturb rock work and the tank ,taking it out to peroxide it etc ,which personally is a lot more risky in my mind

Dosing peroxide is pretty safe, you can dose that into your tank. I did while I was fighting algae.

 

[Bucs20fan]

1ml of 3% peroxide per 10 gallons is general dosage.

 

[Clanger]

No data here and definitely not knocking the electric toothbrush idea but kind of along the lines of what Brandon was saying:
I like manual toothbrush because you can use the bristles to scoop and grab a fair amount of algae and get it out of the tank.

Electric for scrubbing in separate bin sounds fun!

1ml of 3% peroxide per 10 gallons is general dosage.

So can you assure me it doesn't affect macro ?? Phytoplankton etc etc etc ??.. I can have an experiment here if your correct ..one tank with brush and one with peroxide

 

[Clanger]

No data here and definitely not knocking the electric toothbrush idea but kind of along the lines of what Brandon was saying:
I like manual toothbrush because you can use the bristles to scoop and grab a fair amount of algae and get it out of the tank.

Electric for scrubbing in separate bin sounds fun!

 

[Bucs20fan]

So can you assure me it doesn't affect macro ?? Phytoplankton etc etc etc ??.. I can have an experiment here if your correct ..one tank with brush and one with peroxide

I would not use peroxide in a tank with macro algae. As it will affect it the same way as hair algae bryopsis etc.

 

[Clanger]

No data here and definitely not knocking the electric toothbrush idea but kind of along the lines of what Brandon was saying:
I like manual toothbrush because you can use the bristles to scoop and grab a fair amount of algae and get it out of the tank.

Electric for scrubbing in separate bin sounds fun!

I think you missed the point ha ,the electric grabbed it like a candyfloss on a stick and ripped it free ,then i put it flat on bare rock and shined it ,hopefully doing so much more than a manual ..ps you can always turn it off and then your in manual mode ha

 

[Clanger]

I would not use peroxide in a tank with macro algae. As it will affect it the same way as hair algae bryopsis etc.

 

[Clanger]

I thought that ,so dosing with it as suggested is a definite NO ... can I just say mine is only an idea and no one is compelled to use is .. but I am ha