Look what I did to my poor tank... LOL!

[Myka]

So...some of you may have noticed that I've been a little bit *ahem* annoyed with some algae growth in my little reef. I have Dictyota, Padina, Sargassum, three types of Valonia (bubble), Lobophora, Halimenia, and Caulacanthus ustulatus.

Here's some algae pics...

Lobophora:


2 types of Valonia:


Caulacanthus ustulatus:


So I pulled all my live rocks just leaving the Caribsea Reef Rock (crap) in there to prop my corals up on, and put all the live rocks into a Rubbermaid tub in the dark with a powerhead and heater in hopes that the algaes will all die in the next 3-6 weeks.

This is what I pulled off all the rocks before putting them in the "cook" tub:
Algae salad anyone?


And here's a FTS before:


FTS after (lol):


Aw...poor corals. Not all of them are "out". Some are still pretty ****ed at me. Haha! they'll get over it. I created that mound on the left to put my Monti's close to the lights.

[fkshiu]

Remember if you are truly going to "cook" your rocks you have to give them a good swish/blast every so often and change all of the water - the more you do this the better. Have patience, it may well take more than 6 weeks!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by fkshiu

Remember if you are truly going to "cook" your rocks you have to give them a good swish/blast every so often and change all of the water - the more you do this the better. Have patience, it may well take more than 6 weeks!

Yes, I do plan on this. I have about 8 or so gallons covering the rocks with an MJ1200 blasting them with some good circulation. I'll do weekly 100% waterchanges. I'm hoping it won't take more than 3 weeks, but I'm prepared to go longer...ANYTHING to get rid of this crap!

I heard that cranking the heater up as high as it will go will help the "cooking" process, but I'm too scared to do it. LOL.

Originally Posted by asmodeus

i have some of the first one in some of my rocks

That is Lobophora, and it is a pain in the @$$. It's hard to get off the rocks. I used to think it was kinda cool. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Not anymore...die stupid Lobophora die!

[Myka]

Grrr...now I need to screw around with my flow again!! lol

[Myka]

Today marks 8 weeks the rocks have been cooking. I haven't been doing as many waterchanges as I wanted to do or planned to do! I've only changed it three times. I'm going to take a look and possibly put them back in today...

[Skimmerking]

so what gets rid of this stuff I have some on my rocks

[Skimmerking]

i have some of the first one in some of my rocks