I made a HUGE mistake

[clockwurk]

I thought it would cool to let me meteor shower cyphastria grow and cover my bare bottom tank. Until it started growing on the glass wall.

I tried scraping it off and this happened lol.

Any ideas?

 

[sanababit]

Get a razor blade and cut that sucker out, just be carefuls its sharp

Sana

 

[clockwurk]

Tried both a razor blade and the metal scraper. The razor just breaks and steel scraper gets all bent and destroyed. The edges come off easily...not so much the interior part.

 

[Uncle Luke]

Any pics?

 

[clockwurk]

Of the scrapers or the cyphastria on the glass?

 

[Uncle Luke]

the cyphastria

 

[knukles55]

wow thats one healthy coral if its making you go through all this work.

 

[clockwurk]

Uncle Luke, here you go.
This is how it looks now, after I have tried to take off as much as I can with the razor and the scraper.

Knukles55, I've actually neglected my tank for the last year. I've been working the last week or so to bring it back. I've been very lucky I didn't have a complete extinction.

 

[Uncle Luke]

That is gonna be real difficult. Perhaps you can "chisel" it away with a flat head screw driver very little at a time. You have to be extremely careful with the glass. GL !

 

[spieszak]

I have no experience here, just brainstorming. Would it weaken its "hold" if you sheltered it from light? Possibly hang a frag rack over it?

 

[AquamanE]

I have no experience here, just brainstorming. Would it weaken its "hold" if you sheltered it from light? Possibly hang a frag rack over it?

Spieszak- you might be on to something.

this is an encrusting coral, so there is no "hold", but maybe a few rocks up against the glass will shelter that part from the light. It will then have to go on rocks instead of glass, and the glass encrust will weaken. if this works it will take weeks, if not months, imho.

BTW- i think its awesome to have the encrust like that, just the wrong glass, lol.

 

[glennf]

i think this will be a impossible mission without breaking the glas. it had grown too large and thick. Beside that it has been growing on two surfaces witch make it impossible to move back and forth.

Uncle Luke, here you go.
This is how it looks now, after I have tried to take off as much as I can with the razor and the scraper.

Knukles55, I've actually neglected my tank for the last year. I've been working the last week or so to bring it back. I've been very lucky I didn't have a complete extinction.

 

[nivram]

I'd also try shading it from light. Maybe buy large grain sand and pile it up in that section. You could even put it in a media bag to make removal easier.

 

[tom g]

idea

idea

try going to home depot and getting a thicker spatula type tool used for paint and try to use a file to sharpen the spatula ......
u will have to go slow and steady as u know its could poss break or scratch your tank...just an idea not sure if it will work ,but I know the spatulas usually don't havae as much give as the razor but they do not come with a edge on them
cheers and good luck
tom

 

[clockwurk]

Thanks guys, thanks for the tips!

I'm gonna try getting stronger metal spatula scraper. Unfortunately, the thing with killing it with sand, is like any SPS, when it dies, its still going to leave the skeleton just as hard as if it was alive. I'm gonna have the same problem, but it'll be white.

BUt thanks for the advice, I'll see where it goes in the next couple of weeks. I'll post any findings.

 

[clockwurk]

AquamanE, are you saying if it dies, it will lose grip?

Spieszak- you might be on to something.

this is an encrusting coral, so there is no "hold", but maybe a few rocks up against the glass will shelter that part from the light. It will then have to go on rocks instead of glass, and the glass encrust will weaken. if this works it will take weeks, if not months, imho.

BTW- i think its awesome to have the encrust like that, just the wrong glass, lol.

 

[AquamanE]

AquamanE, are you saying if it dies, it will lose grip?

there is no "grip". its encrusted, just like corraline, but much thicker.

but if it dies, it might be easier to scrape of. i didnt think of Nivrams idea, but that could also work.

 

[clockwurk]

Got it, thanks guys again. For all the advise.

 

[silver17jo]

Bro it's been so long since I've seen you on the forums good luck tank obviously is doing well

 

[clockwurk]

Thanks! Yeah, the reef bug got me again after a year of hiatus Hope things are well on your end.