Help - Holy Coralline

[hilde123]

Looking for someone to give me an ingenuitive idea of how to get rid of all this coralline algae that has taken over since I got lazy cleaning. The tank is acrylic so metal razor blades are out. Unfortunately the tank is under a stairwell so I have very little headroom and getting a scraper with a long handle is not really an option. Plus the coral growth would make it almost impossible to get an angle on a scraper with any pressure. I have a magnavore 8 with a acrylic scraper on it but it slow going and takes about 30 passes to remove any of the coralline. I welcome any ideas, thanks

 

[d2mini]

My god man... is that your front pane? :eek1:

 

[Mcgeezer]

If you have acrylic, use a credit card....and get to scrubbing. Your arm is gonna be so sore lol

 

[hilde123]

Yes, sadly that is my front pane!

 

[rovster]

Wow, it's like a scratch off card. Let's scratch it off and see what we won! Anxiously waiting the big reveal, LOL!

 

[Arrgh]

Geez louise!

 

[fijisrfr]

Only one thing I can think of....good ol elbow grease!

 

[SaltieG]

Lol I wish my coralline grew half as well as that.

 

[Miz40B]

Scrape it, bag it and give it away!! Would love some to seed my new tank

 

[RocketCityNano]

Kill it with fire! Haha just kidding. Good luck with that!

 

[d2mini]

Wow, it's like a scratch off card. Let's scratch it off and see what we won! Anxiously waiting the big reveal, LOL!

:lolspin:

+1!!!

 

[ebond009]

buy a plethora of urchins??

 

[Mcgeezer]

I'd like to know your magnesium levels. I bet that much coralline is just drinking it up like mad.

 

[Nina51]

My god man... is that your front pane? :eek1:

haha, that was my first thought!

Lol I wish my coralline grew half as well as that.

be careful what you wish for. even with 3 urchins (2 of them pincushions), i scrape coralline off of the front and sides every time i do a water change.

OP, in your situation, i would simply upgrade and just ditch this tank!

 

[Mark...]

Its like Barney blew up...

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Lol I wish my coralline grew half as well as that.

Trust me, you really don't.

 

[hilde123]

I'll have to post a before and after, think I'll try to spend 15-30 min a day working on it, maybe by Christmas time I'll be done.

 

[hilde123]

New tank because if coralline, wish I had that kind of money... I got better than $5k in this setup...

 

[Nina51]

i was only half kidding.

 

[d2mini]

If you have acrylic, use a credit card....and get to scrubbing. Your arm is gonna be so sore lol

All kidding aside, this would be your best bet me thinks.
Like you said, do a little at a time. But between coralline scraping, make sure to keep the newly cleaned acrylic algae free.

Good luck!
And be sure to post updates!