overflow question?

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killinit123

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So I have a bunch of pink and gold palys that i stuck to my overflow a while back.. since then they have now started to grow into one side of my overflow pretty much blocking the slits on said side. they have been there for awhile now and i haven't noticed any ill effects. only thing I have noticed is that on the water surface i get a spiraling effect that prevents particles from entering the overflow.. I guess my question is should I take action and remove them from the overflow or just let them be? like i said I haven't seen any problems that would effect the health of my tank. But I am fearful that if they grow much more they could completely clog up one side of the overflow. and that may lead to flow problems and i guess could even cause the water level to rise?

Thanks in advance for any replies
 
I would definitely remove the polyps from the overflow. Like you mentioned above, if the teeth become clogged it will throw off the balance between the return pump and the overflow. The water level in the DT will eventually rise and a flood could occur.
 
cloak said:
I would definitely remove the polyps from the overflow. Like you mentioned above, if the teeth become clogged it will throw off the balance between the return pump and the overflow. The water level in the DT will eventually rise and a flood could occur.
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after writing out my post and thinking about it some more I came to the same conclusion.. then in further thought i remembered the other day when I was cleaning my sump i noticed the water level in my return section was cyclically going up and down. I think this may be a result of the blockage that the palys have already caused. Just put two and two together after I wrote this post haha... well anyone want any pink and gold paly's? :idea:

also what would be the best method to remove them from this spot? i don't want to harm them first of all and second don't want to send any toxins into the tank?
 
BE CAREFUL with palys.
Gloves, NO cuts on the hands & if I had to do this I would get a respirator to wear to prevent inhalation & send everyone else outside, including a dog if I had one.
Look up palytoxin poisoning!
 
+1 on the glass scraper , Kent marine makes some nice ones just be sure if your overflow box is acrylic to be very careful as you can scratch it easily
 
Vinny Kreyling said:
BE CAREFUL with palys.
Gloves, NO cuts on the hands & if I had to do this I would get a respirator to wear to prevent inhalation & send everyone else outside, including a dog if I had one.
Look up palytoxin poisoning!
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I am aware of palytoxin.. Nasty stuff! but thank you for your reply there is a dog and a cat and I did not think to put them outside while doing it so thanks a lot!! do you think the toxins getting into the tank will harm anything? should I run carbon or any other filtration to prevent this?

DrPheel said:
+1 on the glass scraper , Kent marine makes some nice ones just be sure if your overflow box is acrylic to be very careful as you can scratch it easily
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I have the kent scraper I will be using that, and the overflow is plastic but black so no worries about scratches. I was more trying to figure out a way to minimize damage to the palys mainly for the toxic reasons but also I hate harming living things. so is there an easy way to get them off with minimum damage tot he corals or should I just scrape away?
 
Who Really knows???
Carbon can't hurt with the caveat that it will make the water clear if not used regularly.
This "could" have an adverse affect on corals getting too much light after its use.
 
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