HELP - scrubing live rock

[henryjd]

Hello,
I have been doing mini water changes - 5gal in and 5gal out and then scrubbing my live rock in the old water to remove algea.
I can only scrub a few rocks before it is too dirty to do more. If I scrub the rocks in the kitchen sink (don't tell my wife)...and then put them back in salt water - how much will I mess up the bacteria?

 

[bertoni]

That shouldn't be too bad, although moving live rock out of water always has some risks.

 

[demonsp]

Where rubber gloves. If you can get 2 large containers add few gallons of RO water scrub in one tub rinse in the other and add back to tank. Do it all at one time.

This would be good for removing unwanted hitchhikers and sponges that like to appear months later. A little spray with a power head before removing rock will help remove some pods. You will cause some things to die off but it will recover fast .

Mb leave i good chunk in tank and getting it later would also help but may also leave behind an unwanted guest.GL

 

[coast2coast7390]

scrubbing messes up the bacteria...imo
what kind of alga are you trying to get a rid of???

 

[coast2coast7390]

scrubbing messes up the bacteria...imo
what kind of alga are you trying to get a rid of???



when ever i have a an algae out break i do a REALLY large water change...so i get a rid of what ever is suspended in the water column because i dont have a UV filter...i wouldnt recomend this though